Senegalské letectvo
The Senegalese Air Force (Armée de l’Air sénégalaise) was formed in 1961 around a handful of ex-French C-47s, Broussards and light helicopters, has been an army-support service ever since — Mi-24/35 gunships, Mi-17s, four Korean KT-1S armed trainers and C295 and CN235 transports, but no jet since the Magisters retired — and in July 2025 saw France hand back Camp Geille at Ouakam, the air base the French had held since 1920.
The Senegalese Air Force story: a French air base since 1920, an army-support service and the French departure from Ouakam
1920–1972: a French air base at Ouakam and a small Senegalese air arm
Military flying in Senegal began as a French affair. According to the Senegalese news agency APS, Camp Geille at Ouakam, on the Cape Verde peninsula outside Dakar, was set up in 1920 as one of France’s first air bases in Africa. Independence came in 1960, together with a defence agreement that kept French forces in the country. The Senegalese air arm itself is dated by Wikipedia to 1 April 1961 (the wider armed forces are often dated to 1962), and its first equipment was modest and French-supplied: Douglas C-47 transports, MH.1521 Broussard liaison aircraft, Alouette II and Agusta-Bell 47G helicopters. It was an air arm built to move soldiers and officials around a long, thin country, not to fight for air superiority. The first Senegalese officer to command it, Mansour Seck, took over what was then called the groupement aérien in 1966, according to a 2026 tribute published by Dakaractu.
1972–1990s: Magisters, Pumas and the Gambian crisis of 1981
Seck became chief of the air force proper in 1972, and the tribute credits him with its first real modernisation: Fokker F27 transports, SA 330 Puma helicopters and Fouga Magister jets. Wikipedia’s account adds SA 341 Gazelles in the early 1970s, six F27s from 1977, four SOCATA Rallyes the same year and four armed Rallye 235A Guerriers in 1984. French forces stayed alongside: from 1 July 1974 as the Forces françaises du Cap-Vert, about 1,600 military and civilian personnel according to APS. The air arm’s first operation abroad came in July and August 1981, when Senegal sent troops into the Gambia to defeat a coup attempt against President Dawda Jawara. Wikipedia, citing the Gambian newspaper The Point, records that a Senegalese SA 330F Puma was shot down near the Radio Syd transmitter outside Banjul, killing all 18 on board; that figure has not been confirmed from a second source.
Casamance: four decades of a war fought mostly on the ground
The longest conflict in the air force’s life began on 26 December 1982, when demonstrators in Ziguinchor replaced the Senegalese flag in the first public rising of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC). The insurgency in the southern region, cut off from the rest of the country by the Gambia, has been fought mainly by infantry in forest and border terrain, and published sources say little about the air force’s part beyond transport and helicopter support. The best-documented air role is recent: when the army launched an offensive against MFDC bases in late January 2021, it said its ground troops were "supported by planes and helicopters", according to Africanews. Wikipedia counts some 5,000 dead since 1982. Peace agreements with individual factions followed in August 2022, May 2023 and February 2025; the faction of Salif Sadio did not accept the last of them.
2005–2023: Hinds, Korean trainers and the jets that never came
Once the Magisters had gone, the air force’s real firepower was its helicopters. Two Mi-24/35P Hinds ordered from Russia in 2005 arrived in 2007; three ex-Slovak Mi-24Vs, overhauled by Poland’s WZL-1, followed in February and November 2017, and defenceWeb reported a 2016 upgrade with Israeli Controp sensors. Mi-171 transports joined them, and more Mi-17s arrived in November 2023. The fixed-wing story is one of plans that changed. In April 2013 Brazil announced Senegal as a Super Tucano customer, but the deal was never finalised; Senegal ordered four KAI KT-1S armed trainers from South Korea in July 2016 instead, and they arrived in 2020–2021. Four Aero L-39NG jets were ordered in April 2018 and cancelled by March 2022, according to Wikipedia citing Africa Intelligence. Two Airbus C295s, delivered in July 2022 and March 2023, gave the transport fleet its biggest step in decades.
Thiès, peacekeeping and the price of Bouar
Much of what the air force does well happens at Thiès, 70 kilometres from Dakar, where the Air Force School (École de l’Armée de l’Air) was created by decree on 2 May 1984. France supplied TB 30 Epsilon trainers from 2006 onwards as its own air force retired them, and defenceWeb reported that the school was training pilots for other G5 Sahel states and Togo by 2020; since 2022 it has also trained pilots and technicians for the national airline, Air Sénégal. The air force also flies for the United Nations, and has paid for it. On 27 September 2019 a Senegalese Mi-35 returning from a mission for MINUSCA, the UN mission in the Central African Republic, crashed on landing at Bouar. Three airmen died at the scene and a fourth, Captain El Hadji Moussa Thiam, died of his injuries on 6 October 2019, Dakaractu reported. Four years earlier, in November 2015, the air force’s only F27-400M had been wrecked in a forced landing in Mali.
2024–2026: the French leave Ouakam; what the air force has, and what it lacks
On 31 December 2024 President Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced the end of all foreign military presence in Senegal from 2025. The French handed back their sites in stages: two Dakar quarters on 7 March, the naval quarter on 15 May and, on 17 July 2025, Camp Geille at Ouakam and the military air terminal at Diass airport, ending a permanent presence of about 350 personnel. "Ce départ ne signifie pas une rupture, mais une évolution vers un partenariat renouvelé," said General Pascal Ianni, the French commander for Africa (APS). The air force, headquartered at the Capitaine Mame Andalla Paul Sory Cissé air base at Ouakam, numbers about 1,000 people and some 40 aircraft by Wikipedia’s count. Its chief, General El Hadji Niang, said in July 2024 that the service planned to acquire jet combat aircraft; no order had been reported by October 2026. What it has is helicopter firepower, a training school other states use, and transports; what it lacks is any aircraft able to intercept an intruder in its own airspace.
The Senegalese Air Force in numbers
Servis
- Rodné jméno
- Armée de l’Air sénégalaiseThe French name as used by the Senegalese news agency APS and the Senegalese press; Wikipedia writes Armée de l’Air Sénégalaise. The armed forces website armee.sn could not be reached to confirm the official spelling
- Založeno
- 1 April 1961Wikipedia’s date for the air force; the Armed Forces of Senegal as a whole are dated to 1962. No Senegalese official source for the founding date was reachable
- Část
- Armed Forces of SenegalUnder the Chief of General Staff, Vice-Admiral Oumar Wade (June 2026), and the Ministry of the Armed Forces
- Velitelství
- Capitaine Mame Andalla Paul Sory Cissé air base, Ouakam (Dakar)Named as air force headquarters during the minister’s visit of 25 June 2026 and as the venue of the 2024 patron’s day
- Náčelník štábu letectva
- Brig. Gen. El Hadji NiangIn post by 2 May 2024 and still in November 2025; appointment date not found. Predecessor: Brig. Gen. Papa Souleymane Sarr (in post October 2023)
- Minister of the Armed Forces
- Yankhoba DièméMade his first visits to the navy and air force on 25 June 2026; the date he took office was not given
Pevnost
- Personál
- Asi 1 000Wikipedia’s figure for 2025; no Senegalese official figure was found
- Bojová letadla
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- KAI KT-1S Woongbi (KA-1S) armed trainer — 4
No fighter or jet in service. The four L-39NG jets ordered in 2018 were cancelled by March 2022; the chief of staff said in July 2024 that jet combat aircraft were planned
- Doprava a hlídky
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- CN235 — 3
- C295 — 2 delivered (FlightGlobal via Wikipedia lists 1)
- King Air 200/B200 — 2
Counts from Wikipedia citing FlightGlobal World Air Forces 2025, except the C295, where defenceWeb reports two delivered
- Vrtulníky
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- Mi-24/Mi-35 — 4–5
- Mi-17/Mi-171 — 4
- Zvon 505 — 3
- Bell 206 — 1
- Alouette III — 1
Five Hinds were delivered (2007 and 2017) and one was lost in 2019; Wikipedia’s 2025 count is five
- Trenéři
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- TB 30 Epsilon — 6
- Hughes/Schweizer 269 helicopter — 6
At the Air Force School, Thiès. The KT-1S also serves as a trainer
- Celkem letadel
- About 40Wikipedia, 2025
Infrastruktura
- Letecké základny
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- Ouakam (Dakar): headquarters, Capitaine Mame Andalla Paul Sory Cissé air base
- Thiès: Air Force School base (BET)
The minister said in 2022 that new air bases were planned to cover the national airspace; none had been reported open in the sources checked
- French presence
- Ended 17 July 2025Camp Geille at Ouakam and the military air terminal at Diass airport were the last sites handed back
- Training school
- École de l’Armée de l’Air, Thiès (since 1984)Created by decree on 2 May 1984; trains foreign students and, since 2022, pilots for Air Sénégal
- Search and rescue region
- About 6 million square kilometresThe figure the air force gave at SAREX 2023; it extends over neighbouring states’ areas under ICAO arrangements
How the Senegalese Air Force is organised
One of the services of the Armed Forces of Senegal, about 1,000 strong by Wikipedia’s count, run from the Capitaine Mame Andalla Paul Sory Cissé air base at Ouakam through an Air Staff, a Support Group, an Air Operations Group and the Air Force School at Thiès, as defenceWeb describes it. It has no jet: its firepower is four or five Mi-24V and Mi-35P Hinds and four Korean KT-1S armed trainers, beside Mi-17s and C295 and CN235 transports. The four L-39NG jets ordered in 2018 were cancelled by March 2022, and the chief of staff said in July 2024 that jet combat aircraft were planned; no order had been reported by October 2026.
Zaměstnanci letectva
One of the services of the Armed Forces of Senegal, under the Chief of General Staff, Vice-Admiral Oumar Wade, and the Minister of the Armed Forces, Yankhoba Dièmé, who visited the headquarters on 25 June 2026. Brig Gen El Hadji Niang was chief of staff of the air force by 2 May 2024 and still in November 2025; the date of his appointment was not found, and his predecessor, Brig Gen Papa Souleymane Sarr, was in post in October 2023. defenceWeb describes an Air Staff with operations and logistics divisions over a Support Group, an Air Operations Group and the Air School.
Air Operations Group
The operational element defenceWeb lists; which aircraft it flies and from where is not published. The service’s firepower is four or five Mi-24V and Mi-35P Hinds, delivered in 2007 and 2017, and four KAI KT-1S armed trainers delivered in 2020–2021, its only armed fixed-wing type. Senegalese Hinds have served with the UN in the Central African Republic, where a Mi-35 crashed at Bouar on 27 September 2019, killing four airmen.
Transport and patrol aircraft
Two Airbus C295s, delivered in July 2022 and on 31 March 2023, three CN235s and two King Air 200/B200s, by Wikipedia’s count citing FlightGlobal except for the C295, beside four Mi-17 and Mi-171Sh helicopters, more of which arrived in November 2023. The units that fly them are not published.
Air Force School
Created by decree on 2 May 1984 at Thiès, where it flies ex-French TB 30 Epsilon trainers and Schweizer helicopters with simulators. It trains foreign students and, since 2022, pilots and technicians for the national airline, Air Sénégal; Le Soleil reports more than 1,000 flight hours a semester.
What the Senegalese Air Force flies today
Každý typ na obvinění, propojený s jeho stránkou v Knize zvířat, kde nějaký existuje. Počty se vztahují na letadla v evidenci, nikoli na letadla dostupná v daný den.
| Typ | Role | V provozu | Od | Jednotky | Poznámky | |
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| KAI KT-1S Woongbi (KA-1S)V provozu | Lehký útok a pokročilý trenér | 4 | 2020 | Four ordered in July 2016; the first two delivered on 3 April 2020, the rest by 2021. | ||
| Mil Mi-24V and Mi-35P HindV provozu | Útočný vrtulník | 2007 | 4–5. Five delivered: two Mi-35P from Russia in 2007 and three ex-Slovak Mi-24V in 2017. One Mi-35 was destroyed at Bouar in 2019; Wikipedia (FlightGlobal 2025) still counts five. | |||
| Mil Mi-17 a Mi-171ŠV provozu | Transportní vrtulník | 4 | Four per Wikipedia (FlightGlobal 2025). Two Mi-171s were listed by 2013; further Mi-17s arrived in November 2023. | |||
| Airbus C295V provozu | Taktická doprava | 2 | 2022 | Two delivered: the first in July 2022 and the second, the last of the order, on 31 March 2023 (defenceWeb). Wikipedia’s table (FlightGlobal) lists one. | ||
| CASA/IPTN CN235V provozu | Doprava a námořní hlídka | 3 | 2010 | Three per Wikipedia (FlightGlobal 2025): two second-hand in 2010 and a new CN235-220M from PT Dirgantara Indonesia in January 2017.
VíceA CN235-220 maritime patrol aircraft was reported on order in 2020; its delivery was not confirmed. |
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| Beechcraft King Air 200/B200V provozu | Doprava a průzkum | 2 | Two per Wikipedia (FlightGlobal 2025) and the 2013 defenceWeb list. | |||
| Bell 505 Jet Ranger XV provozu | Lehký užitkový vrtulník | 3 | Three per Wikipedia (FlightGlobal); not confirmed from a second source. | |||
| Bell 206L LongRangerV provozu | Lehký užitkový vrtulník | 1 | One per Wikipedia (FlightGlobal 2025); defenceWeb listed two Bell 206Ls acquired in the decade before 2017. | |||
| Aérospatiale Alouette IIIV provozu | Spojovací a užitkový vrtulník | 1 | One per Wikipedia (FlightGlobal 2025). | |||
| SOCATA TB 30 EpsilonV provozu | Základní trenér | 6 | 2006 | Six per Wikipedia (FlightGlobal 2025).
VíceFrance supplied two in 2006, four in 2014 and two in May 2019, with three more planned for 2021 that defenceWeb said would make ten; the gap between deliveries and the count was not explained. |
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| Hughes/Schweizer 269V provozu | Cvičný vrtulník | 6 | Six per Wikipedia (FlightGlobal 2025). |
Every type the Senegalese Air Force has retired
18 types, from the Douglas C-47 Skytrain to the Douglas C-47 Skytrain. Špičkové hodnoty se vztahují na počet draků letadel převzatých do provozu po celou dobu jejich životnosti, nikoli na počet letadel v daný den.
| Typ | Role | Vrchol | Obsluhováno | Nahrazeno | Poznámky | |
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| Douglas C-47 Skytrain | Doprava | 1961– | Fokker F27 | Číslo nenalezeno. | ||
| Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard | Spojení | 1961– | Číslo nenalezeno. | |||
| Sud Aviation Alouette II | Lehký vrtulník | 1961– | Číslo nenalezeno. | |||
| Agusta-Bell 47G | Lehký vrtulník | 1961– | Číslo nenalezeno. | |||
| Fouga CM.170 Magister | Proudový cvičný letoun a lehký útok | KT-1S | ||||
| Aérospatiale SA 341H Gazelle | Lehký vrtulník | One was still listed in 2013 and 2017. | ||||
| Aérospatiale SA 330F Puma | Transportní vrtulník | Mi-17/Mi-171 | Two were still listed in 2013 and 2017. | |||
| Fokker F27 Friendship a vojenská loď F27-400M | Doprava | 6 | 1977– | CN235, C295 | Six from 1977 per Wikipedia; one F27 was still listed in 2013. | |
| SOCATA Rallye | Light trainer and liaison | 4 | 1977– | Four from 1977 per Wikipedia. | ||
| SOCATA Rallye 235A Guerrier | Armed light aircraft | 4 | 1984– | KT-1S | Four from 1984 per Wikipedia; four were still listed in 2013, and one remained at the Thiès school in 2020. | |
| CASA C-212 Aviocar | Transport, search and rescue and maritime patrol | One was listed in 2013 and 2015; two NC-212-200 maritime aircraft were reported on order in 2020. | ||||
| Boeing 727-200 | VIP doprava | 1 | One, listed in 2013 and 2015. | |||
| Embraer EMB 111 Bandeirulha | Námořní hlídka | 1 | One, listed about 2013. | |||
| Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander | Námořní hlídka | 1 | One, listed about 2013. | |||
| Piper PA-23 Aztec | Spojení | 1 | One, listed about 2013. | |||
| PZL Mi-2 Hoplite | Lehký vrtulník | 2 | Two, listed in 2013 and 2017. | |||
| Aérospatiale AS355 Écureuil 2 (Twin Squirrel) | Lehký vrtulník | 1 | One, listed in 2013 and 2017. | |||
| Bell UH-1H / Bell 205 | Užitkový vrtulník | 1 | One: listed as a UH-1H in the 2013 profile and as a Bell 205 in 2017. |
Where the Senegalese Air Force flies from
Černé špendlíky označují aktivní základny; žádné z uvedených letišť není uzavřeno. The air force has two bases of its own: Ouakam, its headquarters on the military side of Dakar’s old airport, where France held Camp Geille from 1920 until it was handed back on 17 July 2025, and Thiès, which APS calls the first air base in French West Africa, home of the Air Force School since 1984. Blaise Diagne airport at Diass is listed for the French military air terminal returned the same day. Bases at Kaolack, Linguère and Tambacounda that French Wikipedia lists without citation were not corroborated and are not shown. Thiès does not appear in the ASECNA AIP pages reached and carries no pin.
| Báze | ICAO | Postavení | Dráha | Jednotky a letadla |
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| Blaise Diagne International AirportDiassDakar Region | GOBD | Aktivní | 01/193 500 masfaltový beton |
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| OuakamDakarDakar Region | LEPKAVÝ | Aktivní | 18/363 490 mbitumenový beton03/211,493 mbitumenový beton |
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| ThièsRegion Thiès | Aktivní |
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Tomuto vyhledávání neodpovídá žádná letecká základna.
Who is stationed where in the Senegalese Air Force
Létající jednotky podle základny, aktuální jednotky jako první. Senegal does not publish which units fly from which base: the only flying unit the sources place at a base is the Air Force School at Thiès, and Ouakam is listed with the Air Force Staff, which operates the aerodrome. The French air elements at Ouakam and Diass, handed back in 2025, are listed and marked as not Senegalese.
- Air Force Staff (État-major de l’Armée de l’Air, EMAIR)Sídlo · aktivní
- French air element, Dakar (Forces françaises du Cap-Vert, then Éléments français au Sénégal)
- Francouzská námořní hlídková a pátrací a záchranná letadla (typy neuvádí APS)
- École de l'Armée de l'Air (Letecká škola)Flying and technical training school · active
- SOCATA TB 30 Epsilon, cvičné vrtulníky Schweizer (Hughes) 269, SOCATA Rallye 235 Guerrier (zařazeny do seznamu školních vrtulníků v roce 2020)
- French military air terminal (Éléments français au Sénégal)
- Francouzská tranzitní letadla (např. Rafale, A330 MRTT, A400M v říjnu 2023)
Žádná jednotka neodpovídá tomuto vyhledávání.
Senegalese Air Force milestones, 1914 to today
Camp Geille is set up at Ouakam, outside Dakar, as one of France’s first air bases in Africa (APS).
1 April: the Senegalese air arm is formed, according to Wikipedia, with C-47s, Broussards, Alouette IIs and Agusta-Bell 47Gs.
Mansour Seck becomes the first Senegalese to command the groupement aérien; in 1972 he becomes chief of the air force.
1 July: a defence agreement creates the French Forces of Cape Verde (FFCV) in Senegal, about 1,600 strong.
Six Fokker F27s and four SOCATA Rallyes join a fleet that already includes Magisters, Gazelles and Pumas.
July–August: Senegalese troops defeat a coup attempt in the Gambia; a Senegalese Puma is reported shot down near Banjul with 18 killed (Wikipedia citing The Point).
26 December: the Casamance rising begins in Ziguinchor.
2 May: the Air Force School at Thiès is created by decree; four armed Rallye 235A Guerriers arrive.
June: 1,300 Senegalese troops intervene in the Guinea-Bissau civil war; they withdraw in March 1999.
Two Mi-24/35P Hinds, ordered from Russia in 2005, are delivered.
April: Brazil names Senegal as a Super Tucano customer; the deal is never finalised.
July: four KAI KT-1S armed trainers are ordered from South Korea.
January: a new CN235-220M arrives. February and 30 November: three overhauled ex-Slovak Mi-24Vs are delivered.
April: four Aero L-39NG jets are ordered; the order is cancelled by March 2022.
27 September: a Senegalese Mi-35 on UN service crashes at Bouar, Central African Republic; four airmen die.
3 April: the first two KT-1S arrive.
31 March: the second C295 is delivered. 25–26 October: Dakar hosts the second Africa Air Force Forum. November: Mi-17s arrive.
17 July: France hands back Camp Geille at Ouakam and the military air terminal at Diass, ending its permanent presence.
Every war the Senegalese Air Force has fought
Výpady a ztráty tam, kde je statistika udává, a poctivá prázdnota tam, kde ne.
- Senegalese intervention in the Gambia, 1981 1981 Helicopter support to the Senegalese troops sent to restore President Dawda Jawara
- Casamance conflict 1982–present Transport, helicopter support and, in the 2021 offensive, fixed-wing and helicopter support to ground operations
- Guinea-Bissau Civil War 1998–1999 Není zdokumentováno v ověřených zdrojích
- ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia 2017 Not documented in the sources checked; Nigeria provided the intervention’s air and naval support
- UN mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) by 2019 Mi-35 attack helicopters flying operational missions for the UN mission
Who built the Senegalese Air Force fleet
Každá společnost stojící za letouny na této stránce má svou vlastní stránku: příběh, každý typ, který postavila, čísla a další letectva, která s nimi létají.
Aktuální vozový park a objednávky
Zvonek, Mil, Aérospatiale, Airbus, Beechcraft, DŮM, Hughes, IPTN, KAI, SOCATA, Schweizer
Bývalá flotila
Agusta, Boeing, Britten-Norman, Douglas, Embraer, Fokker, Fouga, Max Holste, PZL-Świdnik, Dudák, Sud Aviation
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Každý fakt, ověřený
- APS: Fin des bases permanentes : vers une nouvelle ère pour la coopération militaire franco-sénégalaise (17 July 2025)Handover of Camp Geille at Ouakam on 17 July 2025, presided over by General Pascal Ianni; Camp Geille dated to 1920 as one of France’s first air bases in Africa; FFCV 1974, EFS 2011, 2012 partnership agreement.
- APS: Fin officielle, ce jeudi, de la présence militaire française au Sénégal (17 July 2025)Dates of each handover (7 March, 15 May, 17 July 2025), including the military air terminal at Diass airport; about 1,600 French personnel in 1974–2011 and about 350 after 2011; President Faye’s 31 December 2024 announcement.
- APS: Le chef de l’État visite les emprises militaires restituées par la France (19 July 2025)President Faye visited the returned sites at Ouakam, Bel Air and the navy on 19 July 2025; future use not announced.
- defenceWeb: Second Africa Air Force Forum kicks off in Senegal (26 October 2023)Forum in Dakar on 25–26 October 2023 hosted by the air force; Brigadier General Papa Souleymane Sarr as chief of the air force; Minister Oumar Youm.
- defenceWeb: Senegal reveals new military hardware during independence day parade (11 April 2023)CN235, C295 and King Air B200 in the 4 April 2023 flypast; second and final C295 received on 31 March 2023, eight months after the first.
- defenceWeb: KAI continues to support Senegal’s KA-1S fleet (2 September 2022)Four KA-1S ordered July 2016 and delivered 2020–2021; Super Tucano talks of 2013 not concluded; Epsilon, Guerrier, CN235 and C295 history.
- defenceWeb: Senegal buys KT-1 trainers from South Korea (25 July 2016)Order for four KT-1 from Korea Aerospace Industries (read from the defenceWeb search listing).
- defenceWeb: První senegalské KT-1 dorazily (20. května 2020)První dva KT-1S dodány 3. dubna 2020; objednávka L-39NG; objednány námořní letouny NC-212 a CN235; Magister vyřazen z provozu; vyzbrojeny Mi-171Sh a Mi-24/35.
- defenceWeb: Senegal dostane z Francie další cvičné stroje Epsilon (10. prosince 2020)Dodávky letounů Epsilon v letech 2006, 2014, květen 2019 a tři plánované na rok 2021; v letech 2014–2019 bylo vycvičeno přibližně 15 pilotů; škola Thiès slouží státům skupiny G5 Sahel.
- defenceWeb: Two more refurbished Mi-24s for Senegal (5 December 2017)Two Mi-24/35P ordered 2005 and delivered 2007; three ex-Slovak Mi-24V overhauled by WZL-1 (February and 30 November 2017); 2016 Controp sensor upgrade; helicopter list.
- defenceWeb: Senegalese Air Force gets another CN235 (6 January 2017)A new CN235-220M from PT Dirgantara Indonesia (read from the defenceWeb tag listing).
- defenceWeb: Senegalese Air Force F27 badly damaged in crash landing (4 November 2015)F27 Troopship 400M crash-landed near Kousséne, Mali, on 2 November 2015; two crew injured; the transport fleet at the time.
- defenceWeb: Senegalese armed forces (profile, 2013, updated 2025)Fleet list reflecting about 2013: Boeing 727, EMB-111, PA-23, BN-2 Islander, UH-1H, Mi-2 and others.
- Africanews: Senegal says troops overrun rebel camps in Casamance region (10 February 2021)Army says ground forces were "supported by planes and helicopters"; no losses given.
- Africanews: Senegal launches operation against rebels in Casamance (14 March 2022)Operation of 13 March 2022 against Salif Sadio’s faction; four soldiers killed and seven captured weeks earlier.
- Le Soleil: École de l'Armée de l'Air de Thiès: un creuset d'excellence (4. dubna 2025)Škola zřízená dekretem ze dne 2. května 1984; velí podplukovník Ousmane Ngom; vrtulníky Epsilon a Schweizer; přibližně devět bojových letů denně.
- Dakaractu: Thiès / Quarantenaire de l'école de l'armée de l'Air (2. května 2024)Brigádní generál El Hadj Niang, náčelník štábu letectva, u příležitosti 40. výročí školy 2. května 2024.
- Dakaractu: Général El Hadji Niang, CEMAIR: "Des radars performants scrutent le ciel" (3. července 2024)Vrtulníky Mi-17 pořízené v listopadu 2023; plán na pořízení proudových bojových letadel; den patrona letecké základny Capitaine Mame Andalla Paul Sory Cissé v Ouakamu.
- Dakaractu: DAKSAR 2025 : le Sénégal teste sa capacité de recherche et de sauvetage (25 November 2025)Brigadier General El Hadji Niang, chief of staff of the air force, opened the exercise on 24 November 2025 (read from the Dakaractu search listing).
- Dakaractu: Forces armées : Yankhoba Dièmé en visite à la Marine nationale et à l’Armée de l’air (27 June 2026)Minister of the Armed Forces Yankhoba Dièmé at air force headquarters, Capitaine Mame Andalla Paul Sory Cissé air base, Ouakam, on 25 June 2026, with Chief of General Staff Vice-Admiral Oumar Wade.
- Dakaractu: Senegal Space Week 2026 : hommage au Général Mansour Seck, pionnier de l’armée de l’air (19 May 2026)Mansour Seck: first Senegalese to command the groupement aérien (1966) and the air force (1972); F-27, Puma and Magister acquisitions.
- Dakaractu: Crash d’un hélicoptère de l’armée de l’air du Sénégal en Centrafrique (6 October 2019)Mi-35 crashed on landing at Bouar, Central African Republic, on 27 September 2019 after a MINUSCA mission; three killed, a fourth died on 6 October 2019.
- Dakaractu: Fête patronale de l’armée de l’air édition 2022 (28 July 2022)Minister Sidiki Kaba; first C295 received and a second due; a Mi-17 and a Mi-35 back from overhaul; new air bases planned.
- Dakaractu: SAREX 2023 : l’armée de l’air teste son nouveau dispositif d’intervention (29 November 2023)Search and rescue exercise with Spain, 27–28 November 2023; Senegal’s search and rescue region of 6 million square kilometres.
- AIP ASECNA, Sénégal AD 2 GOOY Dakar/Léopold Sédar Senghor (AIRAC 04/26, effective 16 April 2026)ASECNA; reference point, elevation (26 m), runways, and the aerodrome operator given as the État-major de l’Armée de l’Air (Ouakam air base, prior permission 24 hours ahead).
- AIP ASECNA, Sénégal AD 2 GOBD Dakar/Blaise Diagne (AIRAC 04/26, effective 16 April 2026)ASECNA; reference point, elevation (88 m), runway and operator (LAS SA). No military section is described.
- APS: Thiès, “un maillon essentiel dans l'architecture de défense nationale” (commandant de zone) (3. dubna 2026)Historie letecké základny Thiès (1911, námořní dohled za druhé světové války, převzato senegalským letectvem kolem roku 1965); citát plukovníka El Hadje Oumara Fayeho.
- APS: A Thiès, une répétition générale grandeur nature pour donner un avant-goût du défilé du 4. dubna (2. dubna 2025)Dva vrtulníky a tři cvičná letadla ze školy leteckých sil při průletu nad přehlídkou nezávislosti v roce 2025 v Thiès.
- APS: Ecole de l'Armée de l'Air: la 14e promotion de techniciens de maintenance aéronautique rejoint les rangs (27. července 2026)Bylo možné přečíst pouze titulek: 14. třída techniků údržby letadel se připojuje k řadám.
- Le Soleil: École de l'Armée de l'air: le personal civil littéraire est admis pour la première fois (23. prosince 2024)Slavnostní ceremoniál 21. prosince 2024 na Base-école de Thiès: 77 poddůstojníků v 14. třídě, z toho sedm žen.
- Dakaractu: Crash de l’hélicoptère de l’armée sénégalaise: les précisions du Gouvernement (14 March 2018)Government statement: a Mi-17 flying from Ziguinchor to Dakar crashed near Missirah; six dead and 14 injured.
- Dakaractu: Commandant Aminata Barro réinvente le leadership feminin dans l'armée (8. března 2026)Vedoucí technické podpory a logistiky na školní základně v Thiès od července 2025.
- Dakaractu: Retrait des forces françaises au Niger: l’armée française fait escale à l’AIBD (5 October 2023)Three Rafales, an A330 MRTT and an A400M in transit at Diass; the French Elements in Senegal had a stopover base at the airport.
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