Chammal: Rafale deployed in air base in Jordan
This detachment from the 30th and 4th fighter squadrons, was deployed in two waves, on 22 and 27 august, thanks to the tanker aircraft C135FR and A400M transport aircraft. The first projection, consisting of four hunters, was greeted by Colonel Jean-Luc, commander of the deployed air base and Colonel Michel Friedling, representing General Serge Cholley, commanding the Chammal force.
Taking over from the Mirage 2000 to optimize the use of the air force fighter planes on different theaters of operation, the Rafale were prepared for battle, in less than 24 hours, thanks to the support a deployed air base fully mobilized for this purpose. Aircraft have immediately started their first air support missions, intelligence and combat in depth, above Syria and Iraq.
For 18 months, the air force provides, in time and in favor of external operations, twenty fighters, well above the operational contract number defined by the White Paper of 2013, while respecting national commitments with regard to the international coalition fighting against Daech (Inherent Resolve operation).
Launched on September 19, 2014, the Chammal operation is mobilizing nearly 1,000 soldiers. It aims at the request of the Iraqi government and in coordination with France's allies in the region, to fight against the terrorist group proclaimed Daech, in particular conducting air strikes against him.
The complete device in external operations in the Levant is currently structured around sixteen of the air force fighters (Rafale twelve, four Mirage 2000D), a maritime patrol aircraft Atlantique 2 and intelligence capabilities, command and control (C2) and supplies. It also includes a hundred military planned in Baghdad and Erbil for training and counseling staffs and Iraqi units
