Four French Air Force
Rafales have deployed to Poland. The aircraft don’t sport the traditional tail
markings and the reason may be their unit fought alongside the Soviets in WWII.
At 09.40 GMT, four French Air Force
Rafale “omnirole” jets landed at Malbork airbase in Poland,
where they have been deployed to reinforce NATO and its allies presence around
Ukraine.
The combat planes belong to two squadrons of the
Armée de l’Air: the EC 1/7 “Provence”, based at Saint Dizier and the EC 2/30
“Normandie-Niémen” from Mont-de-Marsan.
The French planes had their unit
markings removed from their
tails, in what seems to be a symbolic act rather than a specific
operational requirement, considering that squadron badges were not erased in
previous combat operations (for instance Libya Air War in
2011).
http://theaviationist.com/2014/04/29/french-rafales-poland/
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