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According to the most recent edition of Air Actualites the French armed forces have stationed the following assets at BA172 N'Djamena, Chad:

1 x C135FR, 3 x Mir2000 RDI (2x EC1/12 and 1x EC 2/5), 2 x C160R, 1 x CN235, 4 x SA330 (1 x forwarded to Abeche) and 1 x Atl2.

According to http://www.defensie.nl two Russian Tu-95's probed Dutch airspace during the night of 15/16 September 2010: De militaire gevechts- en verkeersleiding van Air Operations Control Station Nieuw Milligen (AOCS NM) heeft afgelopen nacht, samen met haar NAVO-partners, 2 Russische bommenwerpers...

According to http://www.defense.gouv.fr" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; there are 2 C160's of ET2/64 deployed at St.Dizier this week: Du 7 au 10 septembre 2010, deux Transall et trois équipages de l’«Anjou», soit 25 personnes, sont déployés sur la base aérienne 113 de Saint-...

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Operating out of Kandahar August 2nd 2010 were Mirage F1CR's 630/112-CN and 642/112-CG. Also stationed are Mirage 2000D's 616/133-XH, ---/133-AG and ---/133-JZ. Source: http://www.defense.gouv.fr" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

Noted at Abelag French AF TBM700 146/XR

Look at Iraq, the work of enlisted soldiers being done by ex-soldiers from private commercial companies for quite a few years now. People thought that was weird too but now it's very common. We Dutch practically invented mercenarism when we hired Swiss guys to do our dirty work a couple of hundred ...

Two BA172 (N'Djamena, Chad) based Mirage 2000C's and a C-160 have deployed to Garoua in Cameroon om August 19th. Serials 117/115-LD and 124/103-YT. Source: http://www.defense.gouv.fr" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I spoke to a former Dutch AF pilot recently (nowadays he's in the contractor business): he disclosed that retired general Dick Berlijn is deeply involved in this firm. Keflavik was mentioned as a main base to operate from with a certain amount of Flankers for OPFOR use.

Nothing on deck of this frigate at 14:30LT.

L-3 Receives Order for Eight Additional C-27J JCA NEW YORK, Jul 19, 2010 L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL), the prime contractor for the U.S. Army and Air Force Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) program, announced today the fiscal year 2010 order from the JCA Joint Program Office for eight C-27J JCA aircraft....

So, as long as no new facts surface, my guess is the initial reports were a bit exaggerated. Regards, Hans http://www.kavkazcenter.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; has always been the Al Jazeera of the chechen resistance so I would at least doubt the credibility of the f...

TAZZ wrote:Amazing shots!
I never heard of that kind of transportation for hlos!!!!

Actually, it was already common practice during the annual REFORGER exercises in the Cold War era.

Photo's of the crash site can be seen at http://www.adn.com/2010/07/28/1385810/c-17-crash.html. These photo's confirm that 00173 is the C-17 involved in this crash.

Another one bites the dust according to AOL News: Plane Crashes in Alaska's Denali Park, Sparks Wildfire AOL News (Aug. 2) -- Federal investigators headed to Alaska's Denali National Park today to probe a cargo plane crash that apparently killed three people and sparked a small wildfire. The large, ...