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Operation Poker – the French nuclear raid exercise

25 March 2026 Jacek Domański

With the arrival of spring, Armée de l’air et de l’espace (the French Air and Space Force) conducted one of its major live-fly exercises of the year, codenamed Poker, which simulated a nuclear air raid. […]

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Operation Titan reaches the milestone of 300th space launch

29 September 2025 Jacek Domański

On 12th August 2025, the Ariane 6 expendable launch system successfully carried out its third space mission, launching from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. In addition, it marked the 300th launch protected […]

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Flight of the storks – CIGONEX 2025

28 April 2025 Jacek Domański

On 23rd April 2025, Armée de l’air et de l’espace (the French Air and Space Force) held a live-fly training, codenamed CIGONEX. It was the first joint exercise of the French ´Cigognes´ (English: storks) squadrons, […]

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Croatia receives the seventh Rafale fighter

27 November 2024 Jacek Domański

On 21st November 2024, the seventh example of Dassault Rafale multirole fighter for the Croatian Air Force and Air Defence (Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana – CroAF) landed at the ´Colonel Marko Živković´ air […]

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The deal is signed – Dassault Rafale for Serbia

4 September 2024 Jacek Domański

On 29th August 2024, Serbia and France officially signed bilateral documents confirming the purchase of twelve Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft for the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence (Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздухопловна одбрана Војске Србије). […]

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Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft for Serbia – an initial agreement was reached

11 April 2024 Jacek Domański

During a press conference held two days ago, on 9th April 2024, the Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić officially disclosed that Serbia and France have reached a preliminary agreement on purchase of twelve Dassault Rafale fighter […]

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First Rafale fighter handed over to Croatian Air Force

8 November 2023 Jacek Domański

On 2nd October 2023, a solemn handover ceremony of the first Dassault Rafale multirole fighter to Croatian Air Force and Air Defence (Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana – CroAF) took place at Mont-de-Marsan air […]

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Forty days around the Indo-Pacific – exercise Pégase 2023

11 October 2023 Jacek Domański

Between 25th June and 3rd August 2023, 320 members of French military personnel participated in operational deployment in the Indo-Pacific region, codenamed Pégase 2023. The main objective of the exercise was to prove the ability […]

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Serbian MoD in Egypt – another step towards Rafale acquirement?

21 August 2023 Jacek Domański

At the beginning of August 2023, the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Miloš Vučević paid an official visit in the Arab Republic of Egypt. During that visit, the Serbian MoD and his […]

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First-ever joint training of the French and Japanese air forces

21 July 2023 Jacek Domański

The Japan Ministry of Defence had recently announced that the Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) and the French Air and Space Force (FASF) are going to conduct bilateral live-fly exercise in the Japan airspace. […]

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