Though Lecornu has been sympathetic to Ukraine's cause and reportedly pushed for the Mirage 2000-5 aircraft to be provided as military aid, his opposition to sending the Rafale was due to the high ...

The fleet of 12 Mirage 2000-5 jets is intended to bridge the air force over until the delivery of a new fleet of French fighters beginning in early 2026. The delivery of the first batch of Rafale ...

like the Mirage 2000 and Rafale. In the 1970s, America had the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom. The Soviet Union had the MiG-21. For France, the iconic fighter of the era was the Dassault Mirage F1.

Frank Giletti asked to speed up the commissioning of previously ordered Rafale planes to the armed forces PARIS, November 12. /TASS/. France plans to send six Mirage 2000-5 jets with "full ...