Major Air Exercise With RAF Planned For March
January 14 2011
The French air force has announced it will host Britain's Royal Air Force in March for a large-scale exercise, Defense News reports.
The Southern Mistral maneuvers will be held March 21 to 25, said a French air force spokesman.
The RAF is expected to send six Tornado fighter jets, two VC10 in-flight refueling aircraft and one or two airborne warning and control systems (AWACS) planes.
The British aircraft will be integrated into their functional-equivalent French squadrons,...
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