What's new

First Egyptian Rafale takes to the sky

HAIDER

ELITE MEMBER
Joined
May 21, 2006
Messages
33,763
Reaction score
14
Country
Pakistan
Location
Pakistan
2275895_original.jpg
 
Now use them against terrorist in the region especially the ISIS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I mean the I$I$ :) hahahaa.


Trust me those advanced Fighter jets are not coming for ISIS, they're coming for a much bigger role, Egypt only uses F-16's against terrorists in Sinai/Libya , cheaper to operate and most importantly are also able to perform high precision strikes to avoid civilian causalities in Sinai
 
France delivers first batch of Rafale fighter jets to Egypt - The Economic Times
By AFP | 20 Jul, 2015, 03.34PM IST

ISTRES, FRANCE: Egypt on Monday took delivery of three Rafale fighter jets from France, the first of 24 warplanes sold in a 5.2 billion euro ($5.6 billion) deal earlier this year.

Egyptian authorities took charge of the planes at an air base in southern France, and they will be flown to Cairo by specially trained pilots on Tuesday.
 
Looks great. Why didnt Egypt go for our Typhoons ?

With Rafale you have to deal with only one country: France. While with Eurofighter Typhoons you deal with five countries with their varied foreign policies. So its easier to buy fighters from one source country.
 
French defence minister visits Cairo after warplane deal | Zee News
Last Updated: Saturday, July 25, 2015 - 14:23


Cairo: French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian began a two-day visit to Cairo Saturday, just days after France delivered the first batch of 24 Rafale warplanes Egypt bought in a multi-billion-euro deal.


Le Drian, who is on a tour of Africa, is to hold talks with Egypt`s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and other Egyptian officials during his trip.

The visit comes after Egypt took delivery of three of 24 Rafale fighter jets it bought from France in a 5.2-billion-euro ($5.6-billion) deal.

Egypt bought the jets to boost its military capability in the face of an unstable Libya to the west and the threat posed by the Islamic State group in the Sinai Peninsula.

The deal also includes contracts for missiles and for a frigate from naval group DCNS.

"The minister will discuss the deliveries of hardware" to Egypt following the Rafale deal, a French official said ahead of Le Drian`s visit.

Le Drian met with his counterpart Sedki Sobhi, and will hold talks with Sisi and other Egyptian officials which are expected to discuss the conflict in Libya, officials said.

Since the fall of dictator Moamer Kadhafi`s regime in 2011, Libya is in chaos, with two rival governments vying for power and jihadists taking advantage of the situation to gain ground.

In February Egypt carried out air strikes inside Libya targeting IS jihadists after the group released a video showing the beheading of 21 Coptic Christians, all but one of them Egyptians, on a beach in Libya.

Since the airstrikes Sisi has pushed for a joint Arab military force to fight jihadists in the region.

In May Egypt hosted a four-day meeting of Libyan tribal leaders to explore ways of uniting warring parties and bring peace to its oil-rich neighbour.

AFP
 
86 fighters like my lucky number. :smokin:
 
French defence minister visits Cairo after warplane deal | Zee News
Last Updated: Saturday, July 25, 2015 - 14:23


Cairo: French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian began a two-day visit to Cairo Saturday, just days after France delivered the first batch of 24 Rafale warplanes Egypt bought in a multi-billion-euro deal.


Le Drian, who is on a tour of Africa, is to hold talks with Egypt`s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and other Egyptian officials during his trip.

The visit comes after Egypt took delivery of three of 24 Rafale fighter jets it bought from France in a 5.2-billion-euro ($5.6-billion) deal.

Egypt bought the jets to boost its military capability in the face of an unstable Libya to the west and the threat posed by the Islamic State group in the Sinai Peninsula.

The deal also includes contracts for missiles and for a frigate from naval group DCNS.

"The minister will discuss the deliveries of hardware" to Egypt following the Rafale deal, a French official said ahead of Le Drian`s visit.

Le Drian met with his counterpart Sedki Sobhi, and will hold talks with Sisi and other Egyptian officials which are expected to discuss the conflict in Libya, officials said.

Since the fall of dictator Moamer Kadhafi`s regime in 2011, Libya is in chaos, with two rival governments vying for power and jihadists taking advantage of the situation to gain ground.

In February Egypt carried out air strikes inside Libya targeting IS jihadists after the group released a video showing the beheading of 21 Coptic Christians, all but one of them Egyptians, on a beach in Libya.

Since the airstrikes Sisi has pushed for a joint Arab military force to fight jihadists in the region.

In May Egypt hosted a four-day meeting of Libyan tribal leaders to explore ways of uniting warring parties and bring peace to its oil-rich neighbour.

AFP
Will egypt going to sell their M-2000s?
 
U can destroy isis with trainers even no need rafale even egyptian f 16 can do it
I hope that Egypt will release their M-2000s. So that PAF-PN will gain it along with M-2000s of Qatar and South America too.
 
Back
Top Bottom