Tessalit – The Aviationist

News Ticker

May 24, 2020 Frecce Tricolori Display Team To Perform Unprecedented Tour Of Italy To Boost Country’s Morale Aviation Safety / Air Crashes
May 24, 2020 Analysing U.S. Departure From the Open Skies Treaty. Military Aviation
May 23, 2020 Navy Times Reports Findings In 2019 Star Wars Canyon F/A-18E Super Hornet Crash. Aviation Safety / Air Crashes
May 22, 2020 On This Day In 1957: Biggest Bomber, Biggest H-Bomb, And Biggest Near-Catastrophe in History. Military Aviation
May 21, 2020 U.S. B-1 Lancers Continue Their “World Tour” With First Ever Mission Over Sweden Military Aviation

[Photo] French Tigre attack helicopter supports armored column in Mali flying at ultra low level

February 13, 2013 David Cenciotti 1

The following image shows a French Army Tigre helicopter supporting an armored column on its way to Tessalit, the northernmost location reached so far by the French troops involved in Operation Serval. The attack chopper […]

The taking of Tessalit airfield in Mali: air assault as seen from the camera of a Harfang drone

February 9, 2013 David Cenciotti 2

Early in the morning of Feb. 08, the French special forces parachuted into Tessalit, located about 30 miles from the Algerian border, in northern Mali. Tessalit represents the northernmost location reached so far by the […]