At Évreux Air Base 105, the “Top Guns” of the Olympic Games prepare for action

2024-03-03 18:11:47

In a few strides, he reaches the hangar where one of the two Mirage 2000-5s is parked on alert. Quick tour of the fighter plane — the oldest in the Air Force, almost forty years of service — with Master Sergeant Clément, runway mechanic, checking the armament, two air-to-air missiles Mica under the delta wings, in addition to the thin 30 mm cannons pointing on each side of the fuselage. Quickly, the pilot, assisted by the mechanic, climbs the ladder, sits in the cockpit, carries out his checklist, lowers the canopy. Ignition of the reactor, taxiing to the central runway of Évreux air base 105, takeoff of the Mirage.