j'esper que l'AAF va les appuyer si besoin.

je me demande comment esque le mali auré fait sans l'algerie,vue l'etat du materiel mis a part les hélicos ofert part l'algerie et les usa le reste du matos ne présage rien de bon.
mais bon souhaitons leur bonne chance contre al-qaida.

Le Mali est un pays très grand et très pauvre, sans pétrole ni uranium.2/3 de désert.Ils ne peuvent pas se payer grand chose.
Les habitants étaient considérés comme de très bon soldats du temps des "tirailleurs sénégalais"qui venaient souvent des pays du Sahel

SENOU AIR BASE, Mali - Lieutenant Sidibaye, a Malian Air Force pilot, and U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Alan Stewart, 6th Special Operations Squadron mission commander, jointly perform a pre-flight inspection of Mali's C-47T aircraft as a maintenance team looks on May 14, 2009. The "Air Commandos" of the 6th SOS were participating in May in a military training engagement in the Trans-Saharan region to provide specialized instruction to the Malian Air Force to help it sustain its only aircraft, acquired over a decade ago and used for transporting military personnel and cargo, as well as civilian agricultural spraying. The 6th SOS is a combat aviation advisory unit assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt, Field, Florida Its mission is to assess, train, advise and assist foreign aviation forces in airpower employment, sustainment and force integration. Special Operation Forces in the Joint Special Operations Task Force-Trans Sahara region have spearheaded such military training engagements to build upon previously established relationships and help African Partner Nations develop capacities, achieve regional cooperation and improve security. (Photo by Max R. Blumenfeld, JSOTF-TS PAO)

de tte facon on a besoin de tous nos voisins pour lutter contre le terrorisme !
Apart un autre voisin qui lui en fabrique pour nous ^^

Le pronbléme c'est que Al Quaeda ne risque il pas si le mali devient trop offensif de les prendres pour cible et de tenter une prise de pouvoir? Ils peuvent le faire...

Ce serait étonnant, je suis pas sûr qu'ils aient tnt que ça de membres là-bas, en zone non-désetique.

Déjà postée mais en meilleure résolution





Celles ci sont inédites je pense



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Soldats sénégalais débarquant d'un CV-22



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Avec l'article qui va avec :

Citation:

Thursday, December 04, 2008 CV-22s complete first operational deployment by 1st Lt. Lauren Johnson 1st Special Operations Wing Public Affairs 12/3/2008 - HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AFNS) -- Four CV-22 Ospreys from the 8th Special Operations Squadron here returned after completing their first operational deployment broke supporting Exercise Flintlock 2009 in November in Bamako, Mali. The aircraft supported the training exercise in the Trans-Saharan region designed to build relationships and capacity and to enhance African nations' ability to patrol and control their sovereign territory. The exercise included personnel from 15 countries, and the CV-22 served as a platform for multinational training. Specifically, the aircraft was used to transport Malian and Senegalese special operations forces and their leadership teams. "We did long range, vertical lift, and dropped (teams) off at a landing zone," said Capt. Dennis Woodlief, an 8th SOS pilot. "They practiced their ground movements, then we brought them back." Missions like this allowed the CV-22 to take advantage of its unique capabilities as a tilt rotor aircraft, said Lt. Col. Eric Hill, the 8th SOS squadron commander. "The tyranny of distance in the African continent is amazing," he said. "We were able to go over 500 nautical miles, infiltrate a small team for them to run their exercise, and bring them back all the way to home base without doing an air refueling stop. And we were able to do that in the span of about four hours. " "It would take the MH-53 (Pave Low) twice, sometimes three times as long (to do these missions)," Captain Woodlief said. "And we did it with just one aircraft." Colonel Hill said the CV-22 is an "unprecedented capability." And with the new capability, there were also new lessons to be learned. "We learned some lessons like we always do on different equipment we'd like to have and requirements that we'll have in the future," he said. Many of those lessons revolve around tailoring maintenance packages for future deployments. Members of the 1st Special Operations Helicopter Maintenance Squadron deployed to Bamako in support of the 8th SOS. Because the exercise was held at a remote location rather than an established base, one of the maintenance challenges was self-deploying with all the parts and equipment they needed to keep the CV-22s operational for the entire exercise, and for the cumulative 10,000 nautical mile trans-Atlantic flights. "We have a laundry list about three pages long of things we'd like to take next time," said Master Sgt. Craig Kornely, the squadron's lead production supervisor. "As we grow into the machine, we realize our needs for equipment and resources." But despite the challenges of operating a new aircraft for the first time overseas and in an austere environment, the squadron had a perfect mission success rate during the exercise. "We had zero maintenance cancels, zero delays, and we executed 100 percent every time," Captain Woodlief said. "I think we went above and beyond everyone's expectations."

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