프랑스, 미라지 2000-5 우크라이나 지원 결정

[위종민]

에마뉘엘 마크롱 프랑스 대통령이 D-Day 기념식에서 미라지 2000-5 전투기의 우크라이나 지원을 발표했습니다. 연말 기한으로 미라지 2000 조종사 훈련 및 이전 프로그램을 시작한다고 합니다. 수량은 공개되지 않았습니다. 

위키에 따르면 프랑스는 미라지 2000-5(2000C 개수형) 37기를 주문했었네요. 이 기체 외에 카타르나 대만에서 운용중인 기체를 매입 후 추가지원할 지도 지켜봐야겠습니다. 

https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/french-president-macron-transfer-mirage-2000-fighter-jets-ukraine

French President Macron announces transfer of Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets to Ukraine

BYCLEMENT CHARPENTREAU

2024-06-06

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Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum / Wikimedia

Amid the D-Day commemorative ceremonies, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the transfer of Dassault Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets to Ukraine.

“As of tomorrow, we will launch a pilot training and transfer program for these aircraft with the aim [of completing their training] by the end of the year,” Macron explained, adding that 4,500 Ukrainian infantry soldiers would also be trained and equipped by France.

“In no case are we at war with Russia and its people,” Macron added, emphasizing that the support is designed to help Ukraine protect its territory and airspace. The exact number of aircraft being transferred or their origin was not disclosed.

The Mirage 2000 is a fighter jet developed by Dassault Aviation in the 1970s. The 2000-5 is an air superiority variant of the aircraft.

(Credit: Javier Rodríguez / Wikimedia Commons)

Two French squadrons [1/2 Cigognes, 3/11 Corse – ed. note] are still operating the Mirage 2000-5, which should eventually be phased out and replaced by Rafale fighters. These aircraft are regularly deployed to the Baltic states as part of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission, meant to protect the three countries from aerial incursions and provide support in case of air emergencies since these nations have no airborne capability of their own.   

In his D-Day address, Macron also reemphasized that Ukraine has the right to strike back at Russian positions from which attacks are launched.

“If we say to the Ukrainians: ‘you cannot neutralize these Russian capabilities,’ then we tell them you can no longer defend yourself,” the French president explained.

Macron open to Ukraine using French missiles to strike Russian military targets

• DEFENSE
• WAR IN UKRAINE

BYCLEMENT CHARPENTREAU

2024-05-29

Doubt had long hovered over France’s transfer of Mirage 2000s to Ukraine. On March 22, 2023, the daily newspaper Le Figaro stated that around 30 Ukrainian air crewmembers were receiving accelerated training to operate Mirage 2000s. However, the French Ministry of Armed Forces denied the claims.

On September 3, 2023, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Macron agreed to train Ukrainian pilots in France. Pilots chosen to fly the F-16 will travel to France and receive advanced training flying the Alpha Jet jet trainer. Advanced training is the last stage before receiving basic training on the F-16, also known as B-Course.

[백선호]

우연의 일치지만 우크라이나가 받게 된 F-16과 Mirage 2000은 마침 대만이 쓰고 있는 것들이네요.

[Black Knights (윤재산)]

진정한 프리덤파이터?ㅎㅎ

[위종민]

여기서 어쩌면 그리펜이 추가되는 정도가 우크라이나가 지원받을 기체들이겠죠? 더 이상 늘어나면 우크라이나가 감당하기 어려울 것 같습니다.