On 1 July, French troops have lost two VBCI infantry fighting vehicles in the attack by militants with bomb-laden car. A French military spokesman said there were no deaths among the French troops but the Malian defence ministry said at least two civilians were killed in the attack, which took place in the restive Gao region. As […]

JSC Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation) has completed delivery of the Mi-35M transport/attack helicopters and associated equipment to the Republic of Mali. “We have shipped two Mi-35 helicopters to Mali as was requested by our Malian partners. The Malian Side has been very grateful to us for meeting its request and has also […]

The Mali Air Force is to receive the new Harbin Y-12 high wing twin-engine turboprop military aircraft. The new Y-12 aircraft of Mali Air Force was spotted at the Harbin Aircraft Industry Group (HAIG) facility in Heilongjiang province, China. Currently, Air Force of Mali is still operating Basler BT-67 utility aircraft, is a remanufactured and modified Douglas DC-3. The Y-12 is a twin engine light […]

The first Germany military’s NH90 medium class military helicopters arrived in Mali as part of Germany’s largest military mission abroad currently. An additional 300 German soldiers are deployed in Mali as part of the European Union’s (EU) training mission EUTM. The army began on Friday with the shifting of NH90 combat and Tiger transport helicopters from Leipzig-Halle airport to […]

A Chinese UN peacekeeper and three members of a UN de-mining unit have been killed in northern Mali. China’s foreign ministry confirmed one of its nationals was killed in a mortar attack on a UN camp in Gao that seriously wounded three others. The UN said that “two security guards and an international expert” with […]

Convoy training at the training range in the hills of Koulikoro of Mali. Mali military use VLRA (Liaison, Reconnaissance and Support Vehicle) tactical military trucks developed by the French ACMAT company. These trucks are optimized for used by special and rapid deployment forces. The VLRA is the baseline vehicle of the ACMAT range, which includes […]