Coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing at an event commissioning aircraft
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By The Irrawaddy 6 May 2021
More than 80 officers and other ranks have left the Air Force since Myanmar’s military seized power in a Feb. 1 coup.
Captain Lin Htet Aung from Defence Services Academy Intake 54 confirmed reports on social media that over 80 officers and other ranks have left the Air Force. Hundreds of soldiers from infantry units have also joined the civil disobedience movement (CDM), he said.
“More than 10 officers from the Air Force have joined the CDM. The highest ranking of them are captains,” said Captain Lin Htet Aung who is also on strike.
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