Pauly Boy Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Curious as to what the combat history is for the Mirage 2000 in Africa. Did the French use them in Chad, Mali, C.A.R., other? Have one in the stash and am looking for a inspiration. Thanks Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) They still do, the D model is currently deployed. Operation Barkhane, the Mirages based in Niamey, Niger. The C models just returned home for good, supporting the Ds with guns and twin store carrier for 2 LGBs ... Edited January 20, 2020 by exdraken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dot Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 looking at Niamey Airport, Niger, on Googlemaps shows some French AF aircraft. including a Predator-like drone! There is also a VC-10 🙂 Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jure Miljevic Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) Hello Paul Try the following link with plenty of Mirage 2000 D photos, taken in N'Djamena during operation Barkhane: http://www.divergence-images.com/francois-guenet/reportages/operation-barkhane-base-aerienne-172-de-FGU0782/ I think the link had been already posted here on BM by one of our members. Unfortunately, I have forgotten by whom or in which forum so my apologies to the original poster. Cheers Jure P.S.: The original link, posted by AV O (thanks!) in Resources sub-forum, can be seen here: Edited January 26, 2020 by Jure Miljevic P.S. added Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillaume320 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 On 1/22/2020 at 1:23 PM, Red Dot said: looking at Niamey Airport, Niger, on Googlemaps shows some French AF aircraft. including a Predator-like drone! There is also a VC-10 I flew to Niamey few months ago... I also saw German C-160, French C-135FR and Atlantique. And a Ramstein marked US C-130J came in shortly after us. I didn't manage to spot any fighters while I was there though. G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, guillaume320 said: I flew to Niamey few months ago... I also saw German C-160, French C-135FR and Atlantique. And a Ramstein marked US C-130J came in shortly after us. I didn't manage to spot any fighters while I was there though. G The French are using reapers in Mali now https://www.africanmilitaryblog.com/2019/12/french-reaper-drone-conducts-first-operational-strike-in-mali 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV O Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) You may find quite a lot of pictures in this walk around of Mirage 2000D here : http://www.capitole-kit-club.fr/walkarounds/mirage2000d/ And many more aircraft of different countries : http://www.capitole-kit-club.fr/walkarounds/les_vrais__air_029.htm Edited February 3, 2020 by AV O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly Boy Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 Thank you all for the replies! I may go with the Mirage some time in the spring. I've just started a SU 25. Not sure sure what marking's I'll be using. Possibly Soviet from some time in Chechnya or Syria. We'll see. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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