Burkina Faso Air Force

Armée de l'Air Burkinabé

The combat element of the Burkina Faso Air Force is being formed by three A-29B Super Tucanos, based at Ouagadougou Airport.

Rafael Nunes (Recife, 7Sept2011)

The Armee de l'Air Burkinabé also operates two of the six delivered Mi-24V Hinds.

January 2013

Bobo Dioulasso (DFOO)
RWY 06/24 POS 11°10'03"N 004°19'16"W ELEV 1511 ft Google Maps
Base Aérienne	Escadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Base Aérienne 210 Bobo-Dioulasso	Escadron d'Chasse	A-29B

One of the two AS350B is seen here at Ouagadougou

Philippe Colin

Fada N'Gourma (DFEF)

Base Aérienne	Escadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Base Aérienne 511 Ouagadougou	Escadron d'Hélicoptères B29	Helicopters for anti terrorism missions

Four Xenon autogyros are being used for observation and surveillance missions for the Sécurité agency.

Argo Helicopters/Facebook

Workhorse for troop transport and assault missions are four Mi-17/171 Hip helicopters.

Milan Cibulka (Kbely, 19Sept2020)

Kaya (DFCA)

Base Aérienne	Escadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Base Aérienne 511 Ouagadougou	Escadron d'Hélicoptères B29	Helicopters for anti terrorism missions

For VIP transport, the Air Force of Burkina Faso operates one Beech King Air 200 from Ouagadougou.

Paul Morley (June2003)

The transport element acquiered one C-295W for the replacement of the CN-235 in Escadron de Transporte 511.

DAGM

Ouagadougou (DFFD)
RWY 04L/22R, 04R/22L (dirt) POS 12°21'13"N 001°30'43"W ELEV 1038 ft Google Maps
Base Aérienne	Escadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Base Aérienne 511 Ouagadougou	Escadron de Transport 511	Beech 200 CN235-200 C295W

	Escadron d'Hélicoptères B29	AS350B AS550 UH-1H Mi-8S Mi-17/171E/17V-5 Mi-24V

	Escadron d'Aviation Légère et d'Appui	AT-802

	Escadron de Drone	Bayraktar TB2 Bayraktar Akinci

	Gouvernement	Beech B200 B727-282

Ministère de la Sécurité		Celier Aviation Xenon RST DA42MPP Tetras 912/912CSLM/912CSM

In February 2024 the Air Force of Burkina Faso took delivery of 7 Turkish UAV systems. Seen here is one of the five Bayrakter TB2s.

X/Twitter (July 2023)

For long range assault missions, the Burkina Faso Air Force acquired in 2024 two Bayraktar Akinci systems.

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