GAGO Gao International Airport

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Km	Bearing
68.9	046		Tin Aouker,
286.0	031	GAKL	Kidal,
324.5	279	GATB	Tombouctou, Tombouctou
387.3	142	DRRN	Niamey,


16° 14' 54.36'' N - 0° 0' 19.64'' W


ICAO: GAGO	IATA: GAQ

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Years	Rotary Wing Aircraft Unit	bold : Current Model normal: Unit no longer at this base

2018/19	ATF-Mali	CH-147F Chinook 2018/19 CH-146 Griffon 2018/19

2018/	1310 Flt	414 - H-47D Chinook 1995/

2013/	MINUSMA

Gao News

RAF 1310 Flight in Mali, 12-Aug-20 : #Africa Detachments from Royal Air Force 18 and 27 Squadrons from RAF Odiham rotate every 3 to 4 months to provide crews to CH-47 Chinook helicopters deployed in Mali under Operation Newcombe in support of the French anti-terrorist mission Operation Barkhane

British, Danish and Estonian in Mali, 18-Jul-20 :

#Barkhane Aircraft and support personnel of Britain, Denmark and Estonia are deployed in Mali embedded into the French Operation Barkhane against counter-terrorism in West Africa

RAF Chinooks to Remain in Mali, 12-Jun-20 : Three RAF Chinooks and 100 personnel will remain in Mali as UK extends its commitment to supporting French counter-terrorism operation in the Sahel. The helicopters have been deployed in country in non-combat roles since 2018 under Operation Newcombe

RAF Chinooks Pass 2000 Hours Milestone in Mali, 07-May-20 : #Barkhane Royal Air Force Chinooks achieved 2000 flight hours supporting French operation Barkhane in Mali. Since July 2018, the British helicopters have moved over 1.000 tonnes of freight and over 12.000 passengers

Denmark Deployed EH101 to Mali, 19-Dec-19 :

#OperationBarkhane Denmark sent two EH101 helicopters with 70 support personnel to Mali to support French forces engaged in Operation Barkhane in the Sahel region. Deployment scheduled to last for at least one year

30-Nov-19 - El Salvador MD500 Helicopter Crashed in Mali #MINUSMA
03-Sep-19 - Canada Conclude Peacekeeping Mission in Mali #MINUSMA
27-Dec-18 - RAF Chinooks Reinforce French Mission in Mali
11-Dec-18 - El Salvador MD500E Helicopters Arrived to Mali #MINUSMA
13-Sep-18 - Canadians Completes its First MedEvac in Mali #MedEvac
15-Aug-18 - Canadian Chinook Declared Ready in Mali #peacekeeping
19-Mar-18 - RCAF Chinook and Griffon to Mali for MINUSMA

#peacekeeping
31-Jul-17 - German Tiger Crashes in Mali, Two Peacekeepers Killed
25-Mar-17 - German Army Tigers Arrived to Gao in Mali

18-Mar-15 - Two Dutch Apache Pilots Killed in Mali
06-Nov-14 - Two French Army NH90 Arrived at Mali
28-Mar-14 - Dutch Chinooks to be sent to Mali

Operations

Dates		Operation
01-jul-18		Operation Newcombe
01-aug-14		Operation Barkhane
25-apr-13		MINUSMA

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By Date | By Serial

Dates			Org/Type	Unit
2014-oct		4 RHFS	AS532UL	2336
2014-dec-05			AH-64D	Q-22
2014-dec-25		RNLAF	CH-47D	D-103



2015-jan		RNLAF	CH-47D	D-103
2015-jan-02		1 RHC	SA342M	3849
2015-jan-02		1 RHC	TTH	1294
2015-jul		MINUSMA	CH-47D	D-662
2015-dec-26		RNLAF	CH-47D	D-103



2016-jan-20		RNLAF	CH-47D	D-103



2017		Heeresflieger	UHT	74+29
2017-jan		Heeresflieger	UHT	74+23
2017-jul		ALAT	TTH	1333
2017-nov		MINUSMA	TTH	78+20



2018-feb-05	UN mission	Force Aérienne Belge	TTH	RN06
2018-feb-05	UN mission	Force Aérienne Belge	TTH	RN07
2018-jul		ATF-Mali	CH-146	146472
2018-jul		ATF-Mali	CH-146	146492
2018-jul		ATF-Mali	CH-147F	147311
2018-jul-30		ATF-Mali	CH-147F	147307
2018-aug-23		ATF-Mali	CH-147F	147304
2018-sep		ATF-Mali	CH-146	146478
2018-oct	Operation Newcombe	1310 Flt	MH-47E	ZH897

Gao International Airport

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List of units at Gao

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Operations

List of aircraft and events at Gao