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Tiger and NH-90 Helicopters Employed in Mali After IED Destroys Armored Vehicle

By Brian Garrett-Glaser

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019

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Tiger and NH-90 Helicopters Employed in Mali After IED Destroys Armored Vehicle

An RAF Chinook flying in support of French forces in Mali (RAF Photo)

During a French army counter-terror operation in Mali on April 2, an improvised explosive device destroyed an armored vehicle in the group. The French Army employed an Airbus Tiger attack helicopter and an Airbus NH90 Caimane transport helicopter in the immediate aftermath of the attack, which killed Marc Laycouras, a French army doctor. The armored vehicle "operating in the Gourma region of Mali was struck by the explosion of an explosive device," according to the French army. "A medical team…

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