In Mali, French are not only fighting. They are also doing stunning pictures.
The following ones, taken from a C-135FR tanker, show a Mirage F1CR armed with four MK82 and a two-seat Rafale Air carrying six GBU-12 bombs, during a joint air-to-surface mission in West Africa.
Image credit: French Air Force
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