Malian Air Force
Malian Air Force | |
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Armée de l'air du Mali | |
Founded | 1961 |
Country | Mali |
Type | Air force |
Role | Aerial warfare |
Part of | Malian Armed Forces |
Engagements |
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Commanders | |
Chief of Air Staff | General Alou Boi Diarra C-295, Y-12 |
The Mali Air Force (French: Armée de l'air du Mali), established in 1961, serves as the primary aerial warfare branch of Mali's armed forces.[3] The force was initially created with the assistance of the French military, which provided training and equipment to establish the air force's initial capabilities.[4] In the following years, the Mali Air Force received significant support from the Soviet Union, which provided both equipment and training to the force.[5]
History
The Mali Air Force (
In the mid-1960s the Soviets delivered five
In 1974, 12 MiG-21Bis were obtained from the
In June 2015 the Malian government ordered
In December 2020, the
In September 2023, the Malian government has lost their last
Equipment
Aircraft | Origin | In service | Type | Variant | Notes |
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Combat aircraft
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Aero L-39 Albatros | Czech Republic | 12 | Attack / Jet trainer | L-39C | [13] |
MiG-21
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Soviet Union | 9 | Fighter | [13] | |
Reconnaissance aircraft | |||||
Cessna 208
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United States | 1 | Reconnaissance | [13] | |
Transport | |||||
Antonov An-26 | Soviet Union | 1 | Transport | [13] | |
Basler BT-67 | United States | 1 | Utility | [13] | |
CASA C-295
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Spain | 2 | Transport | [13] | |
Harbin Y-12 | China | 2 | Utility | [13] | |
Helicopters
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Airbus Helicopters H215
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France | 2 | Utility | H215M | [13] |
Mil Mi-8 | Russia | 1 | Utility | [13] | |
Mil Mi-17 | Russia | 4 | Utility | Mi-171Sh | [14] |
Mil Mi-24 | Russia | 7 | Attack | Mi-24D Mi-35M |
1 on order.[13] |
Trainer aircraft | |||||
Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano | Brazil | 3 | Trainer | [13] | |
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 | Italy | 1 | Trainer | [13] | |
Unmanned aerial vehicle | |||||
Bayraktar TB2 | Turkey | 6 | UCAV | [15] |
Ranks
Commissioned officer ranks
The rank insignia of
Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de brigade | Colonel-major | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
Other ranks
The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Major | Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal-chef | Caporal
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Soldat de première classe | Soldat |
References
- ^ "Участники встречи с Президентом переходного периода Республики Мали А.Гойтой".
- ^ https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1645
- ^ "Mali Air Force". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ "French Air Force (2023)". www.wdmma.org. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ "Here's what we know about the military aircraft delivered to Mali Air Force - AeroTime". 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ World Aircraft Information Files. Brightstar Publishing, London. Files 337, Sheet 04.
- ^ Sands, Glenn (February 2018). "Mali's Air Force". Air Forces Monthly (359): 84–86.
- Flightglobal. Archivedfrom the original on June 21, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ^ Secretdefense.org, "Mali : les nouveaux avions de chasse d’IBK seraient inutilisables (Exclusif)", https://www.secret-defense.org/16/07/2018/ibk-mali-avions-scandale//
- ^ Aviation Safety Network, April 7, 2020, https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/234839
- ^ "Mali receives 4 helicopters, weapons from Russia: Defense Minister". Devdiscourse. ANI — Sputnik. 1 October 2021.
- ^ Abdul, Kazim (September 11, 2023). "Last remaining Malian air force Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft crash". Archived from the original on October 3, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Hoyle, Craig (December 2023). World Air Forces 2024. FlightGlobal (Report). London: Flight Global Insight. p. 24. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-000-91070-4.
- ^ "Mali receives more TB2, L-39 aircraft". Janes.com. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ a b "2011 - Plaquette sur les insignes et blasons des Forces Armées du Mali" (in French). 23 April 2011. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2020.