FRANCE
Syrian Civil War
VICTORIES
NAME GROUND UNITS AIRFORCE COMMENTS
unknown 1 EC 1/4 Armeé de L'Air 1.
unknown (WSO) 1 EC 1/4 Armeé de L'Air 1.
Comments:
- Armée de l’Air (French Air Force) Rafale B 322 ‘4-HU’ has received markings to denote a ground kill of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the Middle East. Seen recently at Saint-Dizier in France, Rafale B 322 was deployed to Jordan for Opération Chammal, the French contribution to Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR). The jet’s bombing markings represent delivery of eight 500lb (227kg) GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs (LGBs), five AASM (Armement Air-Sol Modulaire) guided munitions and a drone. The Rafale was tasked with destruction of a crashed coalition UAV to avoid its wreckage falling into the hands of so-called Islamic State or other insurgent groups. Based on the marking, the UAV was apparently an MQ-9 Reaper.
| EC 1/4 | : Escadron de Chasse (EC) 1/4 ‘Gascogne’ |
| WSO | : Weapon System Officer |
Dassault Rafale B, 322 ‘4-HU’, Escadron de Chasse (EC) 1/4 ‘Gascogne’.
Dassault Rafale B, Armeé de L'Air.
Dassault Rafale B, Armeé de L'Air.
Sources & Literature
- Straty bojowe, in Lotnictwo, No. 10-11 (203), 2018.
- ‘Drone-killer’ Rafale, News, AirForces Monthly, https://airforcesmonthly.keypublishing.com/2018/09/17/drone-killer-rafale/. [Online, accessed 26-10-2018]
