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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
Услуга
- Название на родном языке
- 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
- Основан
- 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
- Часть
- Armed Forces of SenegalUnder the Chief of General Staff, Vice-Admiral Oumar Wade (June 2026), and the Ministry of the Armed Forces
- Штаб-квартира
- 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
- Начальник штаба ВВС
- 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
Сила
- Персонал
- Около 1000Wikipedia’s figure for 2025; no Senegalese official figure was found
- Боевой самолет
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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
- Транспорт и патрулирование
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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
- Вертолеты
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- Mi-24/Mi-35 — 4–5
- Mi-17/Mi-171 — 4
- Белл 505 — 3
- Bell 206 — 1
- Алуэтт III — 1
Five Hinds were delivered (2007 and 2017) and one was lost in 2019; Wikipedia’s 2025 count is five
- Тренеры
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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
- Всего самолетов
- About 40Wikipedia, 2025
Инфраструктура
- Авиабазы
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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
- французское присутствие
- 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.
Штаб ВВС
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.
Транспортные и патрульные самолеты
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
Все виды, находящиеся под прицелом, имеют ссылку на соответствующую страницу в Книге Зверей, если таковая имеется. В статистике учитываются самолеты, находящиеся в резерве, а не самолеты, доступные в конкретный день.
| Тип | Роль | В эксплуатации | С | Единицы | Примечания | |
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| KAI KT-1S Woongbi (KA-1S)В эксплуатации | Легкая атака и продвинутый тренер | 4 | 2020 | Four ordered in July 2016; the first two delivered on 3 April 2020, the rest by 2021. | ||
| Ми-24В и Ми-35П «Хинд»В эксплуатации | Ударный вертолет | 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. | |||
| Ми-17 и Ми-171ШВ эксплуатации | Транспортный вертолет | 4 | Four per Wikipedia (FlightGlobal 2025). Two Mi-171s were listed by 2013; further Mi-17s arrived in November 2023. | |||
| Airbus C295В эксплуатации | Тактический транспорт | 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 CN235В эксплуатации | Транспортное и морское патрулирование | 3 | 2010 | Three per Wikipedia (FlightGlobal 2025): two second-hand in 2010 and a new CN235-220M from PT Dirgantara Indonesia in January 2017.
БолееA CN235-220 maritime patrol aircraft was reported on order in 2020; its delivery was not confirmed. |
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| Beechcraft King Air 200/B200В эксплуатации | Транспорт и разведка | 2 | Two per Wikipedia (FlightGlobal 2025) and the 2013 defenceWeb list. | |||
| Bell 505 Jet Ranger XВ эксплуатации | Легкий многоцелевой вертолет | 3 | Three per Wikipedia (FlightGlobal); not confirmed from a second source. | |||
| Bell 206L LongRangerВ эксплуатации | Легкий многоцелевой вертолет | 1 | One per Wikipedia (FlightGlobal 2025); defenceWeb listed two Bell 206Ls acquired in the decade before 2017. | |||
| Aérospatiale Alouette IIIВ эксплуатации | Вертолёт связи и вспомогательного назначения | 1 | One per Wikipedia (FlightGlobal 2025). | |||
| SOCATA TB 30 EpsilonВ эксплуатации | Базовый инструктор | 6 | 2006 | Six per Wikipedia (FlightGlobal 2025).
БолееFrance 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 269В эксплуатации | Учебный вертолет | 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. Максимальные показатели — это количество самолетов, принятых на вооружение за весь срок службы, а не численность парка на какую-либо конкретную дату.
| Тип | Роль | Пик | Подано | Заменено на | Примечания | |
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| Дуглас C-47 Скайтрен | Транспорт | 1961– | Фоккер Ф27 | Номер не найден. | ||
| Макс Хольсте MH.1521 Бруссард | Связь | 1961– | Номер не найден. | |||
| Sud Aviation Alouette II | Легкий вертолет | 1961– | Номер не найден. | |||
| Agusta-Bell 47G | Легкий вертолет | 1961– | Номер не найден. | |||
| Фуга CM.170 Магистр | Учебно-тренировочный реактивный самолет и легкий штурмовик | KT-1S | ||||
| Aérospatiale SA 341H Gazelle | Легкий вертолет | One was still listed in 2013 and 2017. | ||||
| Aérospatiale SA 330F Puma | Транспортный вертолет | Ми-17/Ми-171 | Two were still listed in 2013 and 2017. | |||
| Fokker F27 Friendship and F27-400M Troopship | Транспорт | 6 | 1977– | CN235, C295 | Six from 1977 per Wikipedia; one F27 was still listed in 2013. | |
| SOCATA Rallye | Инструктор по свету и координатор | 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-транспорт | 1 | One, listed in 2013 and 2015. | |||
| Embraer EMB 111 Bandeirulha | Морской патруль | 1 | One, listed about 2013. | |||
| Бриттен-Норман BN-2 Островер | Морской патруль | 1 | One, listed about 2013. | |||
| Piper PA-23 Aztec | Связь | 1 | One, listed about 2013. | |||
| PZL Mi-2 Hoplite | Легкий вертолет | 2 | Two, listed in 2013 and 2017. | |||
| Aérospatiale AS355 Écureuil 2 (Twin Squirrel) | Легкий вертолет | 1 | One, listed in 2013 and 2017. | |||
| Вертолёт Bell UH-1H / Bell 205 | Вертолёт общего назначения | 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
Черные булавки обозначают действующие базы; ни один из перечисленных аэродромов не был закрыт. 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.
| База | ИКАО | Статус | Взлетная полоса | Подразделения и самолеты |
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| Blaise Diagne International AirportDiassDakar Region | GOBD | Активный | 01/193500 масфальтобетон |
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| OuakamDakarDakar Region | ГОЙ | Активный | 18/363490 мбитумный бетон03/211,493 mбитумный бетон |
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| ТьесРегион Тьес | Активный |
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Ни одна авиабаза не соответствует этому поисковому запросу.
Who is stationed where in the Senegalese Air Force
Авиационные подразделения по базам, начиная с действующих подразделений. 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)Штаб-квартира · действующая
- French air element, Dakar (Forces françaises du Cap-Vert, then Éléments français au Sénégal)
- French maritime patrol and search-and-rescue aircraft (types not given by APS)
- École de l’Armée de l’Air (Air Force School)Flying and technical training school · active
- SOCATA TB 30 Epsilon, Schweizer (Hughes) 269 training helicopters, SOCATA Rallye 235 Guerrier (listed at the school in 2020)
- French military air terminal (Éléments français au Sénégal)
- French transit aircraft (e.g. Rafale, A330 MRTT, A400M in October 2023)
Поисковое задание не дало результатов.
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
Вылеты и поражения там, где это указано в протоколе, и полная пустота там, где этого нет.
- 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 В проверенных источниках не указано.
- 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
Каждая компания, стоящая за представленными на этой странице самолетами, имеет свою собственную страницу: историю, все построенные ею типы, количество выпущенных экземпляров и другие военно-воздушные силы, которые их используют.
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Каждый тип корабля, имеющий свою страницу в Книге Зверей, сначала поступивший на вооружение, а затем — по году вывода из состава флота.
Все факты проверены.
- 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: First Senegalese KT-1s arrive (20 May 2020)First two KT-1S delivered 3 April 2020; L-39NG order; NC-212 and CN235 maritime aircraft on order; Magister retired; armed Mi-171Sh and Mi-24/35.
- defenceWeb: Senegal to receive more Epsilon trainers from France (10 December 2020)Epsilon deliveries 2006, 2014, May 2019 and three planned for 2021; about 15 pilots trained 2014–2019; Thiès school serves G5 Sahel states.
- 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 April 2025)School created by decree on 2 May 1984; Lieutenant Colonel Ousmane Ngom commanding; Epsilon and Schweizer helicopters; about nine sorties a day.
- Dakaractu: Thiès / Quarantenaire de l’école de l’armée de l’Air (2 May 2024)Brigadier General El Hadj Niang, chief of staff of the air force, at the school’s 40th anniversary on 2 May 2024.
- Dakaractu: Général El Hadji Niang, CEMAIR : "Des radars performants scrutent le ciel" (3 July 2024)Mi-17 helicopters acquired in November 2023; plan to acquire jet combat aircraft; patron’s day at the Capitaine Mame Andalla Paul Sory Cissé air base, Ouakam.
- 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 April 2026)History of the Thiès air base (1911, Second World War maritime surveillance, taken over by the Senegalese air force around 1965); quote of Colonel El Hadj Oumar Faye.
- APS: A Thiès, une répétition générale grandeur nature pour donner un avant-goût du défilé du 4 avril (2 April 2025)Two helicopters and three training aircraft from the Air Force School in the flypast over the 2025 independence parade in Thiès.
- APS: Ecole de l’Armée de l’Air: la 14e promotion de techniciens de maintenance aéronautique rejoint les rangs (27 July 2026)Headline only could be read: the 14th class of aircraft maintenance technicians joins the ranks.
- Le Soleil: École de l’Armée de l’air: le personnel civil littéraire est admis pour la première fois (23 December 2024)Ceremony of 21 December 2024 at the Base-école de Thiès: 77 trainee NCOs of the 14th class, seven of them women.
- 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 féminin dans l’armée (8 March 2026)Head of technical support and logistics at the Thiès school base since July 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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