Marty_d Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Anybody out there familiar with the French Air Force? The family and I are holidaying in Uzes at the moment, and last night & today there's been about 7 fighters go over. I haven't managed to get a glimpse of any of them yet, just the noise. Wikipedia tells me the closest air base is at Toulouse-Francazal, around 200km away as the crow (frog?) flies. Anyone know what flies out of there? Thanks, Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yampy Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Marty ..... You probably witnessed movements of Mirage 2000 aircraft out of Istres Airforce base , about 100 km SE of your location . Istres is a very active French Air Force base , with squadrons of Mirage 2000 and also KC 135 tanker aircraft . It has the longest runway in Western Europe at 5000M in length ...I hope you get visual id of these aircraft .... Your comments certainly revive memories for me of seeing Super Etendards on the bombing ranges in Southern Brittany some years ago .. Happy spotting .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 Merci beaucoup Yampy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yampy Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 " pas de soucis " mon ami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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