The French Middle Eastern Aviation Group seems to be fantasy in the main. I don't have a list of French Air Force squadrons but only the 15th Fighter squadron seems to actually exist. Also only one prototype of the Mirage 4000 was ever built which was an F-15 class fighter/bomber, and the KC-110 must be a typo as no such aircraft exists. More likely one squadron of Rafale fighter, one of Mirage 2000D strike-fighters and one squadron of Jaguar ground attack, with some C-160 and KC-135's. Also the French naval missile cruiser Jean Bart doesn't exist, unless GDW actually mean the missile destroyer D615 Jean Bart which was commissioned in 1991.
The French had a Jaguar squadron in Djibouti and I am assuming that they sent that to the Middle East for sure - it was their only modern attack aircraft already in the area. They did have C-160's at Djibouti and Reunion and a few helicopters as well - the detachment at Djibouti
The Jaguars were from Escadron de chasse 3/11 Corse - if I remember correctly they had 10-12 total Jaguars
Last edited by Olefin; 08-25-2016 at 12:59 PM.
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