One of Burkina Faso's Bayraktar Akıncıs at the new UAV base, south of Ouagadougou. (Présidence du Faso)

Burkina Faso now has at least two Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) made by Turkish company Baykar, it was revealed on 8 April, when they were officially delivered, revealing a new airbase in the process.

Transitional President Captain Ibrahim Traoré's office released a statement saying he handed over a dozen combat UAVs that included Bayraktar TB2s, a type already in Burkinabe service, as well as Akıncıs to the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The statement quoted Traoré as thanking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and saying the expansion of the UAV fleet “makes it possible to intervene in a timely manner and to have permanent surveillance”.

Minister of Defence Brigadier General Kassoum Coulibaly said the UAVs were acquired under the strategic equipment plan for the armed forces, a final phase of which has yet to be completed.

The president's office released photographs and a video of the handover ceremony showing two Akıncıs and three TB2s lined up at a previously unknown airbase. No other UAVs were shown.

One of Burkina Faso's Bayraktar Akıncıs at the new UAV base, south of Ouagadougou. (Présidence du Faso)

Burkina Faso now has at least two Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) made by Turkish company Baykar, it was revealed on 8 April, when they were officially delivered, revealing a new airbase in the process.

Transitional President Captain Ibrahim Traoré's office released a statement saying he handed over a dozen combat UAVs that included Bayraktar TB2s, a type already in Burkinabe service, as well as Akıncıs to the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The statement quoted Traoré as thanking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and saying the expansion of the UAV fleet “makes it possible to intervene in a timely manner and to have permanent surveillance”.

Minister of Defence Brigadier General Kassoum Coulibaly said the UAVs were acquired under the strategic equipment plan for the armed forces, a final phase of which has yet to be completed.

The president's office released photographs and a video of the handover ceremony showing two Akıncıs and three TB2s lined up at a previously unknown airbase. No other UAVs were shown.

One of Burkina Faso's Bayraktar Akıncıs at the new UAV base, south of Ouagadougou. (Présidence du Faso)

Burkina Faso now has at least two Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) made by Turkish company Baykar, it was revealed on 8 April, when they were officially delivered, revealing a new airbase in the process.

Transitional President Captain Ibrahim Traoré's office released a statement saying he handed over a dozen combat UAVs that included Bayraktar TB2s, a type already in Burkinabe service, as well as Akıncıs to the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The statement quoted Traoré as thanking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and saying the expansion of the UAV fleet “makes it possible to intervene in a timely manner and to have permanent surveillance”.

Minister of Defence Brigadier General Kassoum Coulibaly said the UAVs were acquired under the strategic equipment plan for the armed forces, a final phase of which has yet to be completed.

The president's office released photographs and a video of the handover ceremony showing two Akıncıs and three TB2s lined up at a previously unknown airbase. No other UAVs were shown.

One of Burkina Faso's Bayraktar Akıncıs at the new UAV base, south of Ouagadougou. (Présidence du Faso)

Burkina Faso now has at least two Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) made by Turkish company Baykar, it was revealed on 8 April, when they were officially delivered, revealing a new airbase in the process.

Transitional President Captain Ibrahim Traoré's office released a statement saying he handed over a dozen combat UAVs that included Bayraktar TB2s, a type already in Burkinabe service, as well as Akıncıs to the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The statement quoted Traoré as thanking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and saying the expansion of the UAV fleet “makes it possible to intervene in a timely manner and to have permanent surveillance”.

Minister of Defence Brigadier General Kassoum Coulibaly said the UAVs were acquired under the strategic equipment plan for the armed forces, a final phase of which has yet to be completed.

The president's office released photographs and a video of the handover ceremony showing two Akıncıs and three TB2s lined up at a previously unknown airbase. No other UAVs were shown.

One of Burkina Faso's Bayraktar Akıncıs at the new UAV base, south of Ouagadougou. (Présidence du Faso)

Burkina Faso now has at least two Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) made by Turkish company Baykar, it was revealed on 8 April, when they were officially delivered, revealing a new airbase in the process.

Transitional President Captain Ibrahim Traoré's office released a statement saying he handed over a dozen combat UAVs that included Bayraktar TB2s, a type already in Burkinabe service, as well as Akıncıs to the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The statement quoted Traoré as thanking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and saying the expansion of the UAV fleet “makes it possible to intervene in a timely manner and to have permanent surveillance”.

Minister of Defence Brigadier General Kassoum Coulibaly said the UAVs were acquired under the strategic equipment plan for the armed forces, a final phase of which has yet to be completed.

The president's office released photographs and a video of the handover ceremony showing two Akıncıs and three TB2s lined up at a previously unknown airbase. No other UAVs were shown.

One of Burkina Faso's Bayraktar Akıncıs at the new UAV base, south of Ouagadougou. (Présidence du Faso)

Burkina Faso now has at least two Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) made by Turkish company Baykar, it was revealed on 8 April, when they were officially delivered, revealing a new airbase in the process.

Transitional President Captain Ibrahim Traoré's office released a statement saying he handed over a dozen combat UAVs that included Bayraktar TB2s, a type already in Burkinabe service, as well as Akıncıs to the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The statement quoted Traoré as thanking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and saying the expansion of the UAV fleet “makes it possible to intervene in a timely manner and to have permanent surveillance”.

Minister of Defence Brigadier General Kassoum Coulibaly said the UAVs were acquired under the strategic equipment plan for the armed forces, a final phase of which has yet to be completed.

The president's office released photographs and a video of the handover ceremony showing two Akıncıs and three TB2s lined up at a previously unknown airbase. No other UAVs were shown.