French in Syria

[Splitpin]

From a strictly militaristic point of view , i wonder what aircraft were used in those raids this morning ?
Are the Rafale just restricted to carriers at the moment ? I see a French carrier is getting ready to deploy .

[chopper_nut]

They were showing footage of Rafales leaving from land bases at night. Quite spectacular footage but not sure if it was stock footage or not.

[Splitpin]

Cheers Nick, hard to know whats really going on.

[emfrat]

Are the Rafale just restricted to carriers at the moment ? I see a French carrier is getting ready to deploy .

This is from the Dassault Aviation website:
"The RAFALE, with its “OMNIROLE” capabilities, is the right answer to the capability approach selected by an increasing number of governments.
It fully complies with the requirement to carry out the widest range of roles with the smallest number of aircraft.

The RAFALE participates in permanent “Quick Reaction Alert” (QRA) / air-defence / air sovereignty missions, power projection and deployments for external missions, deep strike missions, air support for ground forces, reconnaissance missions, pilot training sorties and nuclear deterrence duties.

The Air Force single-seat RAFALE C, the Air Force two-seat RAFALE B, and the Navy single-seat RAFALE M feature maximum airframe and equipment commonality, and very similar mission capabilities."

http://www.dassault-aviation.com/en/def ... roduction/

[Splitpin]

Interesting , thanks Mike.

[Charl]

I saw photos of Mirage 2000 based in Jordan, I imagine anything that flies gets to have a go right now...

[SUBS17]

Rafale is very good aircraft has an awesome payload and range so it can do a lot as far as A/G work is concerned and it is very maneuverable so any other aircraft would be in trouble if they took them on. As for fighting Isis it would be difficult to be effective unless they had really good intel.