Mali Air Force Mi-24/35 Crash

A Malian Air Force Mi-24P, registration TZ-07H, was lost during the fighting around Tinzaouaten and Kidal in northern Mali, when Malian and Russian forces advancing towards the Algerian border were ambushed by Tuareg rebels, according to Military Africa. The Malian army said one of its helicopters crashed during the mission at Kidal and that there were no casualties; it reported two soldiers killed and ten wounded in the fighting. The Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) claimed to have shot down two helicopters, the Mi-24 and an Mi-8, with heavy machine guns. The fate of the Mi-8 was not confirmed. The two accounts have not been reconciled.