The Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace (French Air and Space Force) has declared operational ... specialized ground attack variant of the Mirage 2000. A ceremony to mark the operational ...

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The Mirage 2000 is by far one of the most iconic and high-performance fighter jets in the French Air and Space Force Designed by Dassault Aviation and introduced in 1979, the Mirage 2000 was ...

The United States can’t just switch off the U.S.-designed Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters that are re-equipping the Ukrainian air force. But the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has ...

The aircraft first entered service in 1984 with the French Air Force. Since then, there have been several versions of the fighter jet, with the most advanced iteration being the Mirage 2000-5 Mk.2 ...

One of Ukraine's Mirage 2000s. The first handful of ex-French Dassault Mirage 2000-5 fighters have arrived in Ukraine. As widely expected, French contractors reportedly modified the supersonic ...

the Mirage 2000 can deploy various weaponry, including SCALP missiles, previously supplied to Ukraine by France, and guided bombs. While the French Air Force has around 40 Mirage 2000-5s ...

Mirage 2000-5 in flight. (Image credit: French Air Force) As mentioned, France first announced the willingness to provide some of its Mirage 2000s to Ukraine in June 2024, in occasion of ...

The Mirage 2000 D in use with the French Air Force is a ground-attack version. The Mirage 2000 first flew in 1978, and an air-defense version entered the French forces in 1984. Dassault Aviation ...

Of the 26 Mirage 2000-5 aircraft owned by the French air force, six were to be transferred to Ukraine, according to a budget report published by France’s National Assembly lower house.