📸 In Pictures: 3,000 hours in the Malian skies
Recently, Chinook (CH-47) helicopters deployed to Mali clocked up over 3,000 hours of flying time since the operation began
4 min readJun 2, 2021
3,000 hours…
- Equal to 125 days
- As long as 2,000 90 minute football matches
- As long as 1,200 flights to Spain and back
The UK Armed Forces have been deployed to Mali since 2013 on Operation NEWCOMBE (CH-47), providing logistical support to French combat forces.
In 2018, the Royal Air Force deployed three Chinook (CH-47) helicopters to provide logistical heavy airlift support to the French counter-terror mission in the region — Operation BARKHANE.
Since 2018, the Chinook (CH-47) helicopters have clocked up over 3,000 hours of flying time in support of the operation.