French operation Serval in Mali 12/1/13

[Bruno G]

Belgium sends two C. 130 for logistical support ...
.One is already in place!
Good job!

[Robert]

According to FlightGlobal.com:
Meanwhile, a Royal Canadian Air Force C-17 was due to depart the service's Trenton air base in Ontario on 15 January to provide further support for the French operation in Mali. The USA is also expected to give logistics and airlift support during the campaign.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... li-381055/

[Niek]

Yesterday two An-124s departed Evreux for Mali.
Interesting is that one of them is actually a Russian AF example (see video).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... JpAFvn_bjc

[NLExile]

More pics here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theatrum-b ... hotostream

V.P.

[Laurent]

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.

http://www.mil.be/def/news/index.asp?LAN=nl&ID=3667

Kind regards,

Laurent

[mainsail2011]

A C-17 will them pick them up on 16 Jan in Belgium, We have a lifereporter at Bamako, Mali

[mainsail2011]

At Chad

3x Rafale 113-NH / 113-GA / 113-CN
2x C-135
3x FAF VIP aircrafts
3x C-160 R86 /R157
4x mirage 2000D 133-XY / 133-XR
1x CN235 62-IP

at Bamako

2x Mirage F.1CR for QRA dutys

118-ND / 118-CF

8x Gazelle
4x SA330
1634/DBO SA.330
1102/DAK SA.330
1417/DBF SA.330
1217/DAY SA.330

[maurits]

At Chad

3x Rafale 113-NH / 113-GA / 113-CN
2x C-135
3x FAF VIP aircrafts
3x C-160 R86 /R157
4x mirage 2000D 133-XY / 133-XR
1x CN235 62-IP

at Bamako

2x Mirage F.1CR for QRA dutys

118-ND / 118-CF

8x Gazelle
4x SA330
1634/DBO SA.330
1102/DAK SA.330
1417/DBF SA.330
1217/DAY SA.330

I suppose some codes were mixed up > Rafale B 319 must be 113-HN, not NH and 135 must be 113-GN not 113-CN...
Please correct me if I am wrong...

[mainsail2011]

possible, i get them from somebody who is there at the moment

[maurits]

Another addition: Rafale C 110/118-IN from EC02.030 at one of the official Armee-Francaise pictures...

[Hurricane]

possible, i get them from somebody who is there at the moment

Photo of 319/113-HN Rafale B
On the VIP airplanes; F-RADA, A310 is among them. The Falcon 7X remains a pain in the @$# as these don't wear external ID.

Given the F-1CR; 607 & 604 are read on the nosegear doors source / photo and given the load (500lbs bombs, seen on previous photo) makes 118-ND/607 and 118-CF/604 for the second.

[Rockville]

According to a reporter of the Dutch public broadcast NOS, the Netherlands is to offer a transport plane for Operation Serval.

[Hurricane]

Today's photo's also show C-160 #218 involved in Mali, both F-1CR numbers confirmed (as mentioned two posts above), RA-82014 for the 224th Flight Unit AN-124 used in cargo hauling next to various civil VDA AN-124's.

[mainsail2011]

civil AN-124 RA-82043

[thortelde]

Hello.

I'm from Gran Canaria and these last weeks have come several C-160 and CN-235 of French Air Force. Yesterday there was a C-17 of Canadian Air Force (177703).

Kind regards from Gran Canaria.