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French Navy aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle strike group to deploy for operations over Iraq.
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Naval Forces News - France |
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French Navy aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle strike group to deploy
for operations over Iraq |
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According
to French website Mer
et Marine, France is about to deploy the Charles de Gaulle aircraft
carrier to the Persian Gulf where it would join coalition operations
against the Islamic State in Iraq. |
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 The French Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN) Charles de Gaulle (R91) Picture: French Navy |
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The deployement will likely be made official on January
14th when French President François Hollande is expected to visit
the aircraft carrier off the coast of southern France. A French defence
ministry source told Reuteurs on Tuesday that France is sending its
aircraft carrier to the Indian Ocean for naval exercises.
The Charles de Gaulle may deploy 30 aircraft including the Rafale M, Super Etendard Modernisé and E-2C Hawkeye. France was the first country to join the U.S.-led coalition in air strikes in Iraq against the Islamic State when it launched "Operation Chammal" on September 19th. France however, has ruled out striking the group in Syria. |