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Thursday, February 14, 2013

French Harfangs deployed to Mali alongside dozens of other aircraft

Harfang UAVSince January, a detachment of Harfang unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been engaged in Operation Serval, France’s intervention in Mali, where they joined dozens of French air assets, from maritime patrol aircraft to tankers.

Last week the French Ministry of Defence (MoD) said that the Harfangs carried out their first operational missions over Mali on January 18.

The aircraft are flown by Squadron 1/33 ‘Belfort’ from neighbouring Niger, with two being based in Niamey.

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