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France, vehicles and aircraft employed in Libya

Paris, France - "Charles de Gaulle" is reaching the "Enterprise"

It was France that started the operations to allow the no-fly-zone in Libya: on Saturday, March 19th, the local government ordered a reconnaissance flight, and later a first strike against the Muammar Gaddafi's troops, to the fourth-generation multi-role fighter Rafale, produced by Dassault Aviation. At 05:45 pm, the fighters would have reached their first targets, destroying 4 tanks in the south-west...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1127141
Rome, Italy, 03/21/2011 16:45
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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