The following video will bring you aboard French Air Force Mirage 2000Ns on missions conducted over France and UK, during a recent Exercise Joint Warrior when the French aircraft flew with RAF Eurofighter Typhoons.
Mirage 2000N attack jets, where “N” means “nuclear”, are capable to carry ASMP-A missiles, a new generation of ASMP missile with an enhanced, longer range of 500-600 km.
French not only make cool aircraft, they are also good at filming them.
David Cenciotti is a 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.
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Funny to see an old Garmin GPS-III in the cockpit..but as a back up…its probably perfect
Funny to see an old Garmin GPS-III in the cockpit..but as a back up…its probably perfect