Interesting video on this site. The Mirages don't have AAR missiles but the Rafales do. Does any one else seem that is odd? I cant imagine that there is much of a threat but still you never know
SA342M ..../GCJ + ....GCC also noticed being loaded in a VDA AN124 from France to the area.
NAF917, C-130H-30 Nigerian Air Force active as support
Plus;
/DAM & /DDO Puma Ad'Terre
5116/ C-130H AdlA
ZZ175 C-17A RAF as foreign support
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Bruno G wrote:Belgium sends two C. 130 for logistical support ...
.One is already in place!
Good job!
Well technically both are already in place.
This afternoon CH-03 departed (loaded with spares and chaff/flare supplies) for Solenzara, Corsica. Tomorrow it continues towards Chad, there it will be joined by the second C130 (which is already in Chad). From there both aircraft will continue for Abidjan (Ivory Coast) and Bamako (Mali).
In addition Belgium will deploy two A109 Medevac aircraft into the theatre of operations.
Source :
Tuesday, 29 January 2013 Forty Belgian troops and two Agusta Medevac helicopters leave for Mali
Forty Belgian troops left Melsbroek Military Airport bound for Mali on Sunday morning 27 January 2013. After a stopover in an unspecified country they will be deployed operating two Belgian Army Medical Corp Agusta A190 helicopters that are being sent to Mali as part of Operation Serval.
They will join the three Belgian soldiers already in Mali. The Belgians will be based in the Malian capital Bamako.
The two helicopters (registrations H-30 and H-39) left Melsbroek for Mali aboard a Russian Ilyushin 76 transport plane today (29/01). The exact location of where the helicopters will be based has yet to be confirmed.
The helicopters will be used to fly the wounded to hospitals and medical posts and consequently will be deployed as close to the front as is practically possible.
Source: belga
Laurent wrote:The two Belgian A109s that are deployed are :
H-30
H-39
The Il76 was RA-76511
Source :
Tuesday, 29 January 2013 Forty Belgian troops and two Agusta Medevac helicopters leave for Mali
Forty Belgian troops left Melsbroek Military Airport bound for Mali on Sunday morning 27 January 2013. After a stopover in an unspecified country they will be deployed operating two Belgian Army Medical Corp Agusta A190 helicopters that are being sent to Mali as part of Operation Serval.
They will join the three Belgian soldiers already in Mali. The Belgians will be based in the Malian capital Bamako.
The two helicopters (registrations H-30 and H-39) left Melsbroek for Mali aboard a Russian Ilyushin 76 transport plane today (29/01). The exact location of where the helicopters will be based has yet to be confirmed.
The helicopters will be used to fly the wounded to hospitals and medical posts and consequently will be deployed as close to the front as is practically possible.
Source: belga
Kind regards,
Laurent
Apparently there has been an aircraft swap, as it was CH-01 that was struck with a birdstrike last week !