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Caricaturist Kash

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Our colleagues in Kinshasa asked the renowned Congolese illustrator and caricaturist Kash to create 10 drawings depicting the heroic flight. In the embassy building, they organise... Read More


Edmond Thieffry

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- In 1925, air travel was still in its pioneering days. However, our source of national pride Sabena - an acronym for the 'Societe Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aeri... Read More


A world first

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Together with mechanic Joseph De Bruycker and pilot Leopold Roger, navigator and pilot Edmond Thieffry left Brussels for Congo on 12 February 1925, for an 8,000 km flight. What ma... Read More


100 years of the first flight to Congo

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- On 12 February 1925, at five minutes to eight in the morning, Edmond Thieffry, Leopold Roger and Joseph De Bruycker took off for the first flight to the Congo with their plane Pri... Read More


EXERCISE POGGIO DART 2025

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- In the contemporary international security landscape, marked by an increasing complexity of threats and the constant evolution of military technologies, joint training represents ... Read More


Strategic significance

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- VOLFA 2025 demonstrated France's commitment to maintaining high-level operational readiness aligned with modern combat realities. By incorporating recent conflict lessons, testing... Read More


JEANETTE System

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The JEANETTE software system, developed by the Centre d'Expertise Aerienne Militaire, provides real time mission tracking and simulation. Operational since 2018 with first capabil... Read More


Advanced training methodologies

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Innovations included low altitude refueling operations between A400M transport aircraft and Rafale fighters, conducted day and night. Dynamic targeting operations- rapid destructi... Read More


FRA-ACE deployment at Solenzara

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- From 2-6 October 2025, airbase 126 at Solenzara hosted the FRA-ACE maneuver, implementing the French Agile Combat Employment concept. Six Rafale aircraft from Mont-de-Marsan deplo... Read More


Geographic distribution and assets

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Three strategic French airbases anchored the exercise: Mont-de-Marsan concentrated fighter aircraft and coordination, Orleans-Bricy hosted tactical transport aircraft and Cazaux h... Read More