Recent French-Russian squadron exchange...
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Recent French-Russian squadron exchange...
Simply great. Enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XroBpj44rqU
They really seem to be good friends. Another Russian connection ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XroBpj44rqU
They really seem to be good friends. Another Russian connection ?
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Recent? It was nearly 4 years ago!
It is a nice vid clip though, with some good footage of the now retired Mirage F.1, probably the most aesthetically pleasing Mirage alongside the 2000...
-RP
It is a nice vid clip though, with some good footage of the now retired Mirage F.1, probably the most aesthetically pleasing Mirage alongside the 2000...
-RP
There was a squadron exchange (?) in the 1980s with a Russian unit ... a number of MiG-23s came to Riems for about a week. I seem to remember reading that all the media were kept well away from the base, and only a small series of official photos were released to the media.
I bet the MiGs had an 'interesting' flight across Germany to Riems.
I bet the MiGs had an 'interesting' flight across Germany to Riems.
The exchange/visit is almost certainly based on the historical link of the Normandie-Niemen Squadron when shortly after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, De Gaulle sent a group of Free French pilots to Russia to fly with the Russians against the Luftwaffe. A very interesting read here: The French-Russian Connection | Military Aviation | Air & Space Magazine