Although it did not explode in the same way as a normal bomb, it fell from the Mirage 2000D and dropped on the ground, causing a huge noise, the witnesses explained. Two workers at the Faurecia ...

The 20-day-long campaign allowed to validate the French Mirage 2000’s Mid-Life Upgrade and the new podded cannon in realistic conditions. The Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace (French Air and Space Force) ...

France has completed a mid-life update for its air force fleet of Dassault Aviation Mirage 2000D strike aircraft, equipping the type with new air-launched weapons and other system enhancements. France ...

A file photo of a Mirage 2000D. The French Air and Space Force has now modernised 50 such aircraft to the Mirage 2000DRMV standard. (Dassault) The French Air and Space Force has declared its upgraded ...

The Mirage 2000D upgrade features a gun pod (forward left) and Mica IR air-to-air missiles (at the wing tips). Credit: Damien Charrit/Dassault Aviation The delivery of the first upgraded Mirage 2000D ...

Paris – The French air force will upgrade the intelligence-gathering capability of the Mirage 2000D through a program with Thales to modify the Astac tactical electronic intelligence pod for use on ...

SAINT-CLOUD, France, July 20 (UPI) --Dozens of Mirage 2000D aircraft of the French air force are to receive midlife upgrades by Dassault Aviation and MBDA. The modernization contract covers 55 ...

A French fighter jet carrying two pilots has disappeared from radar screens near the Swiss border, prompting fears it may have crashed. A French air force spokeswoman said the Mirage 2000D was last ...

The two pilots who were in a fighter jet when it crashed near the Swiss border have died, French authorities have said. The Mirage 2000D vanished from radar on Wednesday while flying in a snowstorm ...