Every war the Ghana Air Force has fought
The Ghana Air Force’s combat record rests on little: its strikes in Liberia in 1990 are known from two newspaper headlines cited by Wikipedia, and the aircraft types, missions and targets were not found. Wikipedia’s infobox also lists the Second Ivorian Civil War of 2011, but the report it cites concerns strikes by UN and French forces; only UN transport work in Côte d’Ivoire and Mali was found. Where a consolidated sortie or loss figure exists in the official record it is given here; where accounts disagree, the range is shown and the disagreement named. Blank cells are blank because no figure could be verified, not because the fighting was small.
From the ECOMOG landing in Liberia in 1990 to the UN airlift in Mali.
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| ECOMOG intervention in the First Liberian Civil WarLiberiaGhana Air Force | 1990 | National Patriotic Front of Liberia (Charles Taylor) | ||||
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Supported the ECOWAS Monitoring Group; Ghanaian aircraft were reported to have struck rebel targets. ECOMOG, the ECOWAS intervention force, arrived at the Freeport of Monrovia on 24 August 1990 from Nigerian and Ghanaian vessels, under the command of the Ghanaian officer Arnold Quainoo; troops came from Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, the Gambia and Guinea. Wikipedia lists the Ghana Air Force as a participant and cites two contemporary press reports: the New York Times of 17 September 1990, "Ghana Is Said to Strike Liberian Rebels", and a Tampa Bay Times report headlined "Ghana’s aircraft bomb rebel targets in Liberia". The headlines are the extent of what could be confirmed: the aircraft types, the number of missions and their targets were not found. Outcome ECOMOG held Monrovia; the war continued until 1996–97. Based on headlines cited by Wikipedia; the articles themselves could not be reached. Whether MB-339s or other aircraft flew the strikes is not confirmed.
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| UN airlift in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI)Côte d’IvoireGhana Air Force | by 2014 | Not specified | ||||
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Flew UN air services for the UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire. defenceWeb reported in January 2015 that the Ghana Air Force was operating UN air services in Côte d’Ivoire similar to its C-295 work in Mali. Wikipedia’s infobox lists the Ghana Air Force as a participant in the Second Ivorian Civil War of 2011, but the source it cites, a New York Times report of 4 April 2011, concerns strikes by UN and French forces; no Ghanaian air combat in Côte d’Ivoire was found. Outcome Not reported. Dates and aircraft of the UNOCI detachment were not found.
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| UN airlift in Mali (MINUSMA)MaliGhana Air Force | 2014– | CASA C-295 | ||||
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One C-295 flew passengers and cargo within Mali for the UN mission. Ghana announced in mid-2013 that it would lease two C-295s to the United Nations. One of the two then in service deployed to Bamako-Sénou in late September 2014, shortly after MINUSMA took over from the African-led AFISMA on 1 July 2014, and was used to fly people and cargo inside Mali; the Chief of Staff, Major General Bobson Saagbul, confirmed it in February 2015. It was the Ghana Air Force’s clearest contribution to the peacekeeping record of a country that, defenceWeb notes, contributes nearly 3,000 personnel to nine UN missions. Outcome Transport support; the end date of the Ghanaian detachment was not found. Wikipedia also lists the "Mali War" among the service’s engagements; only transport work was found.
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Every figure, checked
- defenceWeb: Ghana confirms Super Tucano, Z-9 acquisitions (18 February 2015)Mahama on 13 February 2015: five Super Tucanos, four Z-9s; C-295 with MINUSMA.
- defenceWeb: Ghana Air Force C295 supporting UN ops in Mali (9 January 2015)C-295 at Bamako-Sénou from late September 2014; UN air services in Côte d’Ivoire.
- defenceWeb: US Air Force advisors train Ghanaian Armed Forces in aeromedical evacuation (12 April 2022)C-295 and Mi-17 used; Ghana contributes nearly 3,000 personnel to nine UN missions.
Figures verified 2026-10-01. Back to the Ghana Air Force.