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Sudanese military air campaign From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The air campaign of the Heglig Crisis was a military air campaign of the Sudanese Government against the Republic of South Sudan during the Heglig Crisis.
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Air campaign of the Heglig Crisis | |||||
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Prominent locations targeted during the Air Campaign. | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
Sudan | South Sudan | ||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||
Omar al-Bashir | Salva Kiir Mayardit | ||||
Strength | |||||
10 helicopters |
63 combat airplanes 29 helicopters | ||||
Casualties and losses | |||||
unknown |
17 killed 32 wounded |
The campaign started on 1 March 2012, in Panykang County when two Sudanese planes damaged two oil wells in South Sudan.[1][2]
Date | Location | Casualties | Notes | Citation |
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1 March | Panykang County, Unity State | None[3] | Two oil wells damaged[3] | [1][2] |
March | Unity oilfield | Unknown | — | [4] |
30 March | Various | Unknown | On the positions of SPLA forces along the border. | [5] |
4 April | Unity State | None | 1 MiG-29 lost | [6] |
9 April | Teshwin, Unity State | None | — | [7] |
12 April | Bentiu, Unity State | 1 soldier killed and 4 civilians wounded | — | [8][9] |
14 April | Heglig, South Kordofan | Unknown | — | [10] |
14 April | Bentiu, Unity State | 1 soldier and 4 civilians killed, 6 wounded | Rubkotna bridge undamaged. | [10][11][12] |
14 April | Abiemnom County of Dinka Ruweng Community, Unity State | 36 people were injured during an air attack in Ruweng Biemnom County | Ruweng Biemnom bridge was destroyed | [12] |
15 April | Heglig, South Kordofan | Unknown | Possible damage to oil facilities | [13] |
15 April | UN peacekeepers' camp in South Sudan | None | Confirmed by Kouider Zerrouk spokesman for UNMISS. | [14] |
15 April | Mayom County, Unity State | 7 people killed and 14 wounded | — | [14] |
16 April | Villages East of Bentiu, Unity State | 2 people killed and 8 wounded | — | [14] |
22 April | Unity oil field | — | — | [15] |
23 April | Bentiu – Rubkona area | 3 people killed | Market in Rubkona damaged | [16] |
21 May | Werguet, Northern Bahr el Ghazal | — | — | [17] |
22 May | Werguet, Northern Bahr el Ghazal | — | — | [17] |
28 May | Werguet, Northern Bahr el Ghazal | 10 killed | — | [18] |
Note: Since Sudan does not allow journalists into conflict areas, reports of the bombings and the conflict are by-and-large reported by sources in South Sudan or those allied with the Sudan People's Liberation Army. Sudan claims that it has exclusively bombed South Sudanese military positions and denies all further allegations.[14]
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