Afghanistan Is No Longer Mirage Country

On July 5th, French warplanes (two Mirage 2000Ds) flew the last French combat missions in Afghanistan (to escort a truck convoy). French warplanes have been operating over Afghanistan since October 2001, when French recon and electronic warfare aircraft, operating from Persian Gulf bases, flew missions over Western Afghanistan. A month later, the French carrier De Gaulle began flying missions from off the Pakistani coast. In 2006, some French warplanes were first stationed in Manas air base, leased from Tajikistan (Afghanistan's northern neighbor) and a year later France began basing aircraft in Western Afghanistan. There were rarely more than a dozen French warplanes in the area at one time. French aircraft mainly flew recon and escort missions. This amounted

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