Department of Operational Support
MINUSMA
The Canadian Armed Forces has deployed an Air Task Force to Gao to enhance the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) operations with aeromedical evacuations to safeguard UN forces as well as transport and logistics capacity. Operation PRESENCE consists of 250 soldiers, sailors, air women and men and includes three CH-147F Chinook and five armed CH-146 Griffon helicopters. In order to ensure readiness, one of each aircraft type is a spare airframe to ensure 24/7 operations can be sustained at all times.
Members of the Canadian medical team get ready to load a simulated casualty onto a CH-147 Chinook helicopter during a medical evacuation exercise around Gao.
MINUSMA
The Canadian Armed Forces has deployed an Air Task Force to Gao to enhance the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) operations with aeromedical evacuations to safeguard UN forces as well as transport and logistics capacity. Operation PRESENCE consists of 250 soldiers, sailors, air women and men and includes three CH-147F Chinook and five armed CH-146 Griffon helicopters. In order to ensure readiness, one of each aircraft type is a spare airframe to ensure 24/7 operations can be sustained at all times.
Members of the Canadian medical team get ready to load a simulated casualty onto a CH-147 Chinook helicopter during a medical evacuation exercise around Gao.