thx for all these informations about french participation, Troung.
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Originally Posted by troung
French Rafale jets take off from Afghan base for first time
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A little funny french touch :
Rafale is still unable to drop a precision guided bomb without the help of another (expensive) plane (like a Mirage 2000D or an old SEM-5). This will be corrected soon (this year ?), but the first flight was in 1986 and Rafale entered in service in 2002.
Actually the best anti-taliban french aircraft seems to be the 30 years old SEM-5 (Super Etendard Modernisé - standard 5), the bomb-truck of French Navy. One big problem : after 4 or 5 hours it runs out of oil (not fuel, lubricant !) and must land.
Still wanting some french help ?
