Thursday, February 10, 2011

Dixie Chopper Silver Eagle Wiring

5th Detachment in Chad for the Mirage 2000 C Cambrai

Since February 7, 2011, the fighter squadron 1 / 12 "Cambrai," stationed at the air base 103 of Cambrai, begins his fifth posting in Chad as part of Operation Sparrowhawk.

A ferry three Mirage 2000 C and RDI was held in December 2010 to meet the aircraft deployed air base in N'Djamena. In total, five cabin crew and engineers about thirty squadrons of aircraft technical support bases of Cambrai and Orange are deployed on the Chadian territory for a two-month attachment.


Lieutenant Colonel Sébastien Valette, commander of Fighter Squadron 1 / 12, insists that " preparation conducted in Cambrai before deployment in Chad has enabled us to honor operational contracts of Operation Sparrowhawk. He added that "we have a clever capacity Mirage 2000 C Chad theater.
Since June 2010, three Mirage 2000 RDI arm detachment Hunting Hawk missions and ensure attendance air above the territory of Chad. Previously, this task was entrusted to the Mirage F1, which had been deployed as part of Operation Manta in 1983.

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