Regime launches heavy airstrikes on villages near Nat Yay Kan tactical base

Fighter jets participate in a military parade organized by the junta. Photo: AFP

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3 August 2026, Ngaphe, Magway Region

The military regime launched coordinated airstrikes involving multiple aircraft on villages near the besieged Nat Yay Kan tactical hilltop base in Ngaphe Township, Magway Region.

Despite a relative lull in recent ground fighting around Nat Yay Kan, three fighter jets and two Y-12 aircraft bombed Lai Village and surrounding areas near the base from 10 p.m. to midnight on August 2.

"Jets and Y-12 aircraft took turns bombing Lai Village on the Arakan mountain range for about two hours. A large number of bombs were dropped, but the exact extent of casualties and damage is not yet known," said a frontline military source.