The French Air Force has conducted yesterday Tuesday, November 17, 2015, his third airstrike on positions of the Organization Islamic state since the attacks of Friday, November 13.
Announced by Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian during the newscast on TF1 20H, information was subsequently announced by the General Staff of the Army on its website.The press release on this occasion stated that "in the continuity of raids for 48 hours, the Chammal forces bombed two successive Daech command centers.
The first strike began at 19:30 (French time). Both goals were destroyed.
"This raid was "composed of 10 fighters from the Persian Gulf (GAP) [Arab Emirates-United, Ed] and Jordan." It was composed of "four Rafale and Mirage six (2000D and 2000N)".•
Raids repeatedly since the attacksSince the attacks that took place in the heart of Paris, France, via air assets deployed on the Chammal operation, conducted three major air raids against buildings that were occupied by the jihadist State Organization Islamic.
The first raid was conducted on November 15 by twelve aircraft, including six Rafale, two Mirage 2000D, and two Mirage 2000N, which dropped twenty bombs in Raqqa, Syria. The first objective was, at once, a command post, jihadist recruitment center and armory and ammunition. It was destroyed by a patrol of two Mirage 2000D. The second objective destroyed four Rafale and Mirage 2000D was both a training and recruiting cells camp.
The second raid, which took place on the night of November 16 to 17, 2015, hired six Mirage 2000D and 2000N and four Rafale, always in Raqqa. In this mission, hunters destroyed, with sixteen bombs, "a command center that houses one of Daech headquarters and a training center."The third raid took place on the evening of Tuesday, November 17.
Details are available in the first paragraphs of this article.It is emphasized by the excellent availability rate for hunters engaged in these operations, including that of the Mirage 2000D and 2000N deployed on the Projected Air Base, Jordan.
Note that France has not waited for these tragic attacks to hit the United Islamic State. Operations are conducted daily over Iraq and Syria, and keystrokes are performed regularly and are discussed every Thursday in the press briefing of the General Staff of the Army.
In parallel, reconnaissance missions are also carried out to create a file with the different objectives which will be destroyed later during planned missions.
The communication of the General Staff of the Army has released a video coming out (finally, I would say) of the ordinary. It shows in particular the preparation of Rafale and Mirage 2000 by gunsmiths, taxiing aircraft takeoffs and towards Syria to hit their goals, and different goals awarded in three raids.
The most interesting images here are, without doubt, those of Mirage 2000N which is in the process of starting, in his ark. This is the first time that the General Staff of the Armed officially mentions the use in operation of the configuration of four GBU-12 in these devices. Note also the impressive array of strikes of the Mirage 2000N No. 340
