This sounds nice, but now Ukraine needs a whole other logistics chain with trained technicians, parts, not to mention a separate set of pilot training. It would have been much better to just given Ukraine the equivalent number of F16s. I honestly don’t understand how Ukraine is able to handle all the different equipment it has now, not to mention adding another complex weapon system to the mix.
French birds are pure sex.
Not only is the Mirage “**Trump proof**”, meaning that even if Trump was to win, he would not be able to block the transfer of Mirage to Ukraine or the transfer of French made missiles and bombs that the Mirage carries, the best reason is training.
Right now, the F-16 “**training pipeline**” to train Ukrainian pilots on the F-16 is over capacity. Introducing another platform allows France to join the training coalition so more pilots can be trained faster; adding to the coalition trainers and air bases that do not operate the F-16.
Mirage can launch Scalp missiles, french made air-air and air-ground missiles and Hammer bombs, which the F-16 cannot. This opens the possibility to supply Ukraine with a larger number of missiles and bombs from the French stockpile and the stockpiles of other countries that operate the Mirage 2000.
I grew up watching this plane in France soaring through the sky, you gonna love it. Hope this helps bring the war to an end.
Let’s hope there are some brave but bored former French AF pilots that come along with them.
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Very good.
But who knows how many spare parts Ukrainian mechanics have to deal with… 😛
I’m French and I don’t know about it. This is fucking good news. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦🇨🇵🇪🇺
Is this just another rumour mill or is there actual official information about this
At the end of the year, or not, mb later, or not
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The Russians are for sure preparing to intercept these jets with oil and ammo depots 🤣🤣
Vive La France!
Macron [announced](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240606-%F0%9F%94%B4-macron-to-supply-ukraine-with-mirage-2000-5-warplanes-and-train-fighter-pilots-in-france) in June that a number of them (unspecified) would be delivered by the end of the year. I saw a video of him announcing it publicly, so I guess it’s official. However I didn’t see anything else about it since.
I love Ukraine
How long to train a pilot on this jet?
This sounds nice, but now Ukraine needs a whole other logistics chain with trained technicians, parts, not to mention a separate set of pilot training. It would have been much better to just given Ukraine the equivalent number of F16s. I honestly don’t understand how Ukraine is able to handle all the different equipment it has now, not to mention adding another complex weapon system to the mix.
French birds are pure sex.
Not only is the Mirage “**Trump proof**”, meaning that even if Trump was to win, he would not be able to block the transfer of Mirage to Ukraine or the transfer of French made missiles and bombs that the Mirage carries, the best reason is training.
Right now, the F-16 “**training pipeline**” to train Ukrainian pilots on the F-16 is over capacity. Introducing another platform allows France to join the training coalition so more pilots can be trained faster; adding to the coalition trainers and air bases that do not operate the F-16.
Mirage can launch Scalp missiles, french made air-air and air-ground missiles and Hammer bombs, which the F-16 cannot. This opens the possibility to supply Ukraine with a larger number of missiles and bombs from the French stockpile and the stockpiles of other countries that operate the Mirage 2000.
I grew up watching this plane in France soaring through the sky, you gonna love it. Hope this helps bring the war to an end.
Let’s hope there are some brave but bored former French AF pilots that come along with them.
how many? 4 or a real number?