Burkina Faso receives ‘Hueys’ from Taiwan

TAIWAN HAS donated two UH-1Hs to the Burkina Faso Air Force. They were formally handed over during a ceremony on June 6 at 511 Air Base in Ouagadougou. They had been shipped in earlier and reassembled prior to handover. Taiwanese instructors will train Burkina Faso maintenance personnel on the ‘Hueys’. They are to be used for security, rescue, peacekeeping and counter-terrorism missions. Dave Allport One of the two UH-1Hs on display at Ouagadougou on June 6, when they were handed