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Cessna 208 Caravan (ISR)

US-donated light surveillance aircraft from the pre-coup partnership era; current serviceability unclear.

C-208United StatesDelivered to Mali 2015–2016 under US security assistance

Status as of
2026-01
Last reviewed
2026-07-19

AssessmentLow confidence

Recognition context, not a stat sheet. The catalogue covers major publicly documented systems relevant to the conflicts Vigil covers — not an exhaustive order of battle. No quantities, availability or current allocations are recorded.

The recordWhat this system is, where it comes from, who operates it and which of Vigil’s modules it is relevant to — with the evidence each of those rests on.

Status uncertainEvidence: Documented
Silhouette · not to scale

Record

FamilyC-208
VariantsCessna 208B
OriginUnited States
EraDelivered to Mali 2015–2016 under US security assistance
Appears inMali

Conflict relevance

This is the catalogue's single record for this system. It is relevant to the module below; each module's Force Atlas shows how it is used there.

Sahel · Force Atlas

Operators

Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) · Primary operator
DonorsUnited States (pre-2020 security assistance)

Battlefield role

A window into the Malian air force's Western period: light ISR aircraft donated for surveillance of road corridors and river valleys, dependent on the US-supported maintenance chain that ended with the post-coup security-assistance cutoff.

Limitations

Serviceability since the end of US support is unclear; the type illustrates how quickly donated capability decays once the partnership behind it ends.

Branch & service operators

PartialConfidence: LowSources: Established international media reporting · Established historical recordMethodologyCorrections

Assessed as of2026-01Last reviewed2026-07-19