Mirage 2000 in Ukraine

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Ukraine now has access to Mirage fighter jets from France, French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on X.

"The first ones arrived in Ukraine today. With the help of Ukrainian pilots who have been trained for several months in France, they will now participate in the defense of the skies over Ukraine," Lecornu wrote.

It has not yet been officially announced how many Mirage 2000 planes will be delivered. According to budget documents in the National Assembly, there will be a total of six planes, reports the AFP news agency.

According to the AP, Ukraine has also received more F16 planes from the Netherlands, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, which does not specify how many.

Ukraine has previously received American F16 planes from Denmark and the Netherlands.

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The delivery comes after months of preparations, with France providing technical modifications to the jets, including upgrades to counter Russian electronic jamming. President Emmanuel Macron first announced the decision to send the jets in June, and the move marks a significant boost to military cooperation between France and Ukraine. While the French government has not disclosed the exact number of jets being delivered, it is believed that six Mirage 2000-5 aircraft are planned to be transferred.

Some of the delivered F-16s are early F-16 variants from the United States.

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updated information

The Netherlands has promised to deliver Ukraine a total of 24 F-16s, next to the fighter jets it supplies to a training centre for Ukrainian pilots and crew in Romania.

French officials also cited security reasons in declining to specify how many warplanes had been supplied, although they did say the jets had been adapted to enable air-to-ground strikes.

The Mirage, which has been replaced by the Rafale fighter in the French air force, was initially conceived for aerial dogfights.
A French parliamentary report at the end of 2024 said that of the 26 Mirage 2000s in the French air force, six would be given to Ukraine.

i do not info about identification numbers until the end of war.