Mirage 2000-5F pilots score first post-WW2 aerial victories for France

Two French Air and Space Force (FASF) pilots flying Mirage 2000-5F multi-role fighters have scored France's first successful aerial victories against enemy aircraft since the end of World War 2, after the two jets engaged in air-to-air combat with Houthi-operated kamikaze drones over the Red Sea on March 9. Operated by Escadron de Chasse 1/2 (EC 1/2; Fighter Squadron 1/2) ‘Cigognes’ and temporarily assigned to EC 3/11 ‘Corsica’ at Djibouti Air Base (BA188) – a part of Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport