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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


Complex scenario architecture

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The 2025 scenario was inspired by recent conflicts in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, featuring large scale operations in heavily contested zones. Crews operated within a scen... Read More


Electromagnetic warfare environment

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The exercise emphasised electromagnetic spectrum operations. Colonel Jean-Christophe explained, "We confront our aviators with a very dense electromagnetic environment, inspired b... Read More


VOLFA 2025

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- From 22 September to 10 October 2025, the French Air and Space Force conducted VOLFA 2025, its annual major operational readiness exercise. Organised by the Air Defence and Air Op... Read More