Public reporting identifies Chinese-made FH-95 drones in Rapid Support Forces long-range strike and surveillance operations during the 2023 Sudan War, with AP and Al Jazeera tying the type to RSF reach from western Sudan toward army-held cities and infrastructure.
| Claim | Sources |
|---|---|
| The Rapid Support Forces used Chinese-made FH-95 drones in the 2023 Sudan War. | Sources: AP Sudan Drone Warfare Report, Al Jazeera Sudan Drone Tracker |
| FH-95 drones were reported at Nyala Airport in South Darfur in late 2024. | Sources: Al Jazeera Sudan Drone Tracker |
| The documented role was long-range strike and surveillance rather than a single named strike only. | Sources: AP Sudan Drone Warfare Report, Al Jazeera Sudan Drone Tracker |
Timeline
Al Jazeera reported that FH-95 drones had been spotted by humanitarian organizations at Nyala Airport in South Darfur in late 2024.
Sources: Al Jazeera Sudan Drone Tracker
AP reported Yale Humanitarian Research Lab analysis that satellite imagery showed RSF use of Chinese-made CH-95 and FH-95 drones.
Sources: AP Sudan Drone Warfare Report
The FH-95 UAV is directly tied to the 2023 Sudan War through reporting on Rapid Support Forces drone operations. AP reported that Yale Humanitarian Research Lab's Nathaniel Raymond said satellite imagery showed RSF use of Chinese-made CH-95 and FH-95 drones, describing the aircraft as roughly the size of small planes.
Al Jazeera's February 2026 drone-war investigation also identified FH-95s in the RSF fleet and reported that humanitarian organizations had spotted the drones at Nyala Airport in South Darfur in late 2024. The same investigation described RSF use of long-range drones to strike targets as far east as Port Sudan from western Sudan.
Sources: AP Sudan Drone Warfare Report, Al Jazeera Sudan Drone Tracker
The documented side is the Rapid Support Forces. In public reporting, the FH-95 appears as part of the RSF's longer-range strike and surveillance layer, complementing smaller commercial-style drones and other one-way attack systems.
The system's relevance is reach. Reporting places RSF drones in attacks against army-held infrastructure and cities beyond immediate ground contact, including the wider pattern of Port Sudan, Kordofan and Darfur-linked strikes. The public source set supports RSF fielding and operational use, but individual strike attributions often remain model-agnostic unless imagery or specialist analysis names the platform.
Sources: AP Sudan Drone Warfare Report, Al Jazeera Sudan Drone Tracker
