Combined Belgian-French strike in the Mosul region
(B2) Two Mirage 2000Ds from the projected air base H5 (northeast of Amman in Jordan) and four Belgian F16s took part in a strike mission “ planned against a site of Daesh in the Mosul region on the night of July 5, announced the general staff of the French army on July 8. They have " simultaneously struck several buildings at a large site used to manufacture and store pipe bombs ».
The day before, Monday (July 4), five planes – two Mirage 2000Ds and an Atlantique2 from the Jordan base and two Rafales stationed in the Arab-Persian Gulf – had carried out several strikes southeast of Mosul. The two Mirage 2000Ds and a Rafale have “ initially hit several buildings simultaneously, in which the enemy fighters were entrenched ". After in-flight refueling, the Mirage 2000Ds then “ illuminated targets in the same area for the benefit of the Atlantique2 and a Rafale ". These, in turn, have was able to fire two shots ».
Operation Chammal - code name of the French commitment against Daesh in Iraq and Syria - today mobilizes 1900 soldiers according to official sources, 14 Air Force fighter planes (6 Rafale, 5 Mirage 2000D and 3 Mirage 2000N), an Atlantique2 maritime patrol aircraft from the French Navy as well as “intelligence, command, control and resupply capabilities”, around a hundred soldiers in Baghdad and Erbil for training and advising the States- Iraqi majors and units. On the maritime side, the air defense frigate Forbin (D-620) has been present in the Mediterranean Sea since May.
(NGV)
