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Fiche
Pertinence pour les conflits
Ceci est la fiche unique du catalogue pour ce système. Il est pertinent pour les modules ci-dessous ; le Force Atlas de chaque module montre comment il y est employé.
Opérateurs
Syrian transitional government: The Assad-era air force's light attack and training type, used extensively against opposition-held areas through the civil war; surviving airframes after the December 2024 Israeli strikes are unverified, and the new government's rebuilding of an air arm is at cadet level. · Malian Armed Forces (FAMa): Four airframes shown at the 9 August 2022 handover ceremony at Bamako-Sénou with a Su-25 and helicopters, supplied by Russia; no current count recorded.
Rôle sur le champ de bataille
Light-attack jets in wars without an opposing air force: in Syria the type flew bombing sorties against opposition-held areas throughout the civil war; in Mali the L-39s fly strike and show-of-force missions in support of ground operations, part of the Russian-supplied recapitalisation that replaced Western partnership after 2022.
Points forts
Cheap to buy and to fly, simple to maintain, and able to carry rockets, bombs and gun pods — enough for an air force whose adversary has no fighters or radar-guided air defence.
Limites
A trainer pressed into combat: limited payload, no precision sensors publicly documented, and employment against insurgents operating among civilians carries the accuracy concerns reflected in the module's civilian-harm reporting. Vulnerable to man-portable air defence, which claimed Syrian airframes and which the Sahel groups have only sporadically shown.
Identification visuelle
A small straight-wing jet with a tandem two-seat cockpit under a long canopy, tip tanks on the wings and a single engine with side intakes behind the cockpit.
Emploi documenté dans les conflits
SYRIA. Flown from the first year of the civil war in bombing sorties against opposition areas, with documented losses to ground fire and defections; the December 2024 Israeli strikes on air bases left the surviving fleet unverified. SAHEL. Shown at the August 2022 handover in Bamako and reported on strike and show-of-force sorties since; no engagement is documented with enough precision to attribute a named strike to the type from open sources.
Opérateurs par composante et par service
- Malian Air Force (Armée de l’Air) Documenté
- Syrian Air Force (post-2024) Associé historiquement
Évalué au — 2026-06 Dernière revue — 2026-09-28