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Since January 23, a French Navy Atlantique 2 (ATL 2) maritime patrol aircraft has been deployed to Air Base 188 in Djibouti, in support of the European Union’s ATALANTE counter-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia. Placed under European operational control and integrated into Task Force 465, the ATL2 is a French aircraft perfectly integrated into this European operation with…
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Since October 25, 2021, a standard 6 Atlantic Maritime Patrol 2 (ATL2) aircraft and its 21F flotilla detachment have operated in the Eastern Mediterranean (MEDOR) from Paphos Air Base on the island of Cyprus. ATL2 ensured the permanent French naval presence for more than two weeks following the departure of the frigate Aconit , which returned to Toulon at the…
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On November 3, 2021, an Atlantic maritime patrol aircraft 2 (ATL2) from the 21F flotilla, participated in the international exercise Nemesis, organized by the coordination and rescue center of the Republic of Cyprus. Carried out in the Cypriot Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the objective of this exercise was to test the interoperability of the various regional actors in the Eastern…
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On October 25, 2021, a standard 6 Atlantic Maritime Patrol 2 (ATL2) aircraft and its 21F flotilla detachment based in Lann-Bihoué landed at Paphos Air Base on the island of Cyprus. Deployed for several weeks as part of the almost permanent presence of French air and sea assets in the eastern Mediterranean, this maritime patrol aircraft’s mission is to maintain…
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June 17, 2021 (Google Translation) – On Sunday, June 13, Flotilla 12F conducted successfully and in collaboration with an Atlantique 2 from Flotilla 21F , an Exocet AM39 air-to-sea missile fire training. This firing is part of the operational preparation of the flotilla. Off the Bay of Biscay, a patrol of two Rafale Marines fired the Exocet AM39 anti-ship missile.…
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May 14, 2021 (Google Translation) – From March 19 to May 9, a detachment of the 23F Atlantic 2 (ATL2), maritime patrol aircraft, carried out seventeen operational flights for a total of one hundred and fifteen hours of flight time. ATL2 is engaged in Operation AGÉNOR, the military component of the EMASoH ( European-led maritime awareness in the strait of…
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March 19, 2021 (Google Translation) – From March 2 to 19, a detachment of the French maritime patrol aircraft Atlantique 2 (ATL2) was deployed to Djibouti as a precursor to the CLEMENCEAU 21 mission, the operational deployment of the Carrier Strike Group (GAN) articulated around the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. Stationed on the 188 air base of the French…
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May 5, 2020 (Google Translation) – Deployed for two months as part of Operation AGENOR [ Short Link ], military component of the European-led Maritime Awarness in the Straight of Hormuz (EMASoH) mission, the Atlantic2 maritime patrol aircraft has effectively contributed to strengthening the regional situation assessment. This first detachment in the sky of the Strait of Hormuz supplements that…
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