Western & Northern Africa Database

Western & Northern Africa Database
Cote d'Ivoire, since 2002
The hostilities in this former French colony in West Africa - a scene of a bloody civil war, fought in 2002 - recently saw a surprising and short escalation of the situation when its air force deployed its newly-acquired Su-25 fighter-bombers.
Aug 5, 2004, 04:19

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Sierra Leone, 1990-2002
The brutal and chaotic civil war in Sierra Leone was practically "imported" from Liberia. Contrary to the much better-known war in the neighbouring country, however, it saw quite some use of air power.
Aug 5, 2004, 04:17

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Portfolio: Algerian Air Force thru History
Gallery of Artworks presenting the aircraft flown by the Algerian Air Force
Aug 5, 2004, 04:03

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Burkina Faso and Mali, Agacher Strip War, 1985
In 1985 Burkina Faso and the Republic of Mali fought a short, but bitter war about the Agacher Strip; the air power played a relatively small - but highly important, even if largely unknown - role in this conflict.
Jul 31, 2004, 11:19

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Libyan Wars, 1980-1989, Part 6
The final sequel details the French and Chadian operations through 1986, then the "Toyota Wars" from 1987 and 1988, and the final US-Libyan confrontation, from early 1989
Nov 13, 2003, 04:42

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Libyan Wars, 1980-1989, Part 5
Part 5 is revealing the results of the Operation "El Dorado Canyon", and bringing also a highly interesting translation of the official Soviet report about the US attacks against Libya, in March and April 1986
Nov 13, 2003, 03:41

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Libyan Wars, 1980-1989, Part 4
Part 4 of this history is covering the period between attacks by Palestinian terrorists against the airports in Rome and Vienna, on Christmas 1985, via the US responses to these and other Libyan-sponsored terrorist operations during the year 1986, including the Operations "Prairie Fire" and "El Dorado Canyon", in March and April 1986, respectivelly
Nov 13, 2003, 03:36

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Libyan Wars, 1980-1989, Part 3
Part 3 details the Libyan invasion of Chad, in 1981, as well as threats against Sudan, that culminated in the French Operation "Manta", in 1983
Nov 13, 2003, 03:34

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Libyan Wars, 1980-1989, Part 2
Part 2 of this narrative details the US-Libyan clashes in 1981 that culminated in the downing of two LARAF Su-22s by USN F-14 Tomcats
Nov 13, 2003, 03:17

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Libyan Wars, 1980-1989, Part 1
This exhaustive history of US-Libyan skirmishes includes the whole article "Ustica Mystery", published in AFM, issue March 2001
Nov 13, 2003, 03:09

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Libya & Egypt, 1971-1979
The Egyptian and Libyan Air forces are two different branches of military in two different Arab countries. In the early 1970s, however, the cooperation between them was so close that for a longer period of times Libyan aircraft were an important part of the Egyptian Air Force. Nevertheless, just a few years later the very same aircraft were used in combat against Egypt, and against other Mirages!
Nov 13, 2003, 03:03

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Morocco, Mauritania & West Sahara since 1972
Detailed overview of aviation-related military operations in Morroco, Mauritania & West Sahara since the early 1970s
Nov 13, 2003, 02:41

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Civil War in Nigeria (Biafra), 1967-1970
An excerpt from the book "African MiGs", detailing the deliveries of MiG-17s to Nigeria, and their deployment in combat during the civil war in Biafra, 1967-1970
Nov 13, 2003, 02:38

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Guin� (Portuguese Guinea), 1959-1974
Detailed insight into the use of air power during the long war in the Portuguese Guin�
Nov 13, 2003, 02:36

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Algerian War, 1954 - 1962
The Algerian War proved to something of a watershed in the cycle of European colonial politics: it was the first conflict of the modern times involving a major European power in Africa. It also set the pattern for similar developments elsewhere on that contingent. Specific aspects of this war were extremely interesting. For example, although the Americans used helicopters during the Korean War in quite some numbers, it was the French who actually pioneered their large-scale employment as combat vehicles during the war in Algeria: the French demonstrated the helicopter as a formidable weapon of war. Despite this and all other military successes they achived, however, all French efforts were doomed to fail.
Nov 12, 2003, 03:04

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