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Charles De Gaulle to withdraw from Libya ops (updated)

NOTE: This is an updated, re-titled thread. Please scroll down for the latest update.link PARIS (Reuters) - France sent an aircraft carrier toward Libya on Sunday and its warplanes carried out further...

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BBe wrote:Great shot!

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Video (raids over...

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Rafales are pretty.

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Charles de Gaulle is moored at La Sude (Crete) for a well deserved 4 days rest! ©Marine Nationale

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In order to ease the logistic and crew flow, two USN C-2A Greyhound will operate from Charles de Gaulle (starting saturday May 28th). 16 February 2002 - A U.S. Navy C-2A “Greyhound” from the...

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I have that second pic on my hard drive, with a date of Wednesday, May 25, 2005, 2:25:06 AM. So this is nothing new for the USN & MN... I have pics of F/A-18Cs landing on & and catapulting...

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Interesting that one seems to have the newer props and the other one doesn't.

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bgile wrote: Interesting that one seems to have the newer props and the other one doesn't.The pictures in Post #36 date from 2002..  

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The upper pic in post #36 is captioned: 16 February 2002 - A U.S. Navy C-2A “Greyhound” from the "Rawhides" of VRC-40 lands on the flight deck of the French aircraft carrier amid French “Super...

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I remember seeing some pics of them on board when the CdG was supporting ops in Afghanistan.

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Re: Charles De Gaulle to withdraw from Libya ops (updated)

According to an article in "Mer et Marine" -here- (in french), the current operations are rapidly eating up capacity reserves. As the carrier was returning from a 4-month trip to the Indian Ocean when...

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Re: Charles De Gaulle to withdraw from Libya ops (updated)

....Only eight of the 28 NATO states have provided planes for strike missions in Libya and pressure by Gates on others with available resources to do so, such as Spain, the Netherlands, Turkey and...

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Re: Charles De Gaulle to withdraw from Libya ops (updated)

An update:link France to Withdraw Aircraft Carrier From Libya Ops AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Published: 4 Aug 2011 20:28 PARIS - France said Aug. 4 its aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle would return home...

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Details have emerged that French attack helicopters operating from ships destroyed 450 targets with helicopter raids launched in every 2-3 days for a total of 250 sorties.1350 sorties and 3600 hours...

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Re: Charles De Gaulle to withdraw from Libya ops (updated)

The CdG has been deployed for over seven months.  The last few have been very high tempo ops, with no relief to speak of.I, for one, think the CdG and the MN did a very creditable job.  NoOne but the...

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So there are multiple air wings for the CdG, or is the article referring to a 'replacement' squadron?

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Re: Charles De Gaulle to withdraw from Libya ops (updated)

This and the discussions on this thread are just more reason that aircraft carriers are very much needed to protect a nations interests around the world. The US Navy must thank France for refusing...

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Re: Charles De Gaulle to withdraw from Libya ops (updated)

This and the discussions on this thread are just more reason that aircraft carriers are very much needed to protect a nations interests around the world. The US Navy must thank France for refusing...

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Re: Charles De Gaulle to withdraw from Libya ops (updated)

Is this political? "That is unless we continue to elect socialist, America Hating scum like that Chi Town bag boy and his DNC scum bag party members. " Ya think?

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