French Air War in Mali: some stunning air-to-air pictures

February 8, 2013 Mali

David Cenciotti

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

About David Cenciotti

David Cenciotti is a freelance journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.