Hollande visits aircraft carrier CDG off the coast of Syria,

Posted on December 4, 2015 by bill

Hollande attendu sur le Charles-de-Gaulle déployé au large de la Syrie

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  • François Hollande rendra 15 heures Charles-de-Gaulle.

    François Hollande se rendra vers 15 heures sur le Charles-de-Gaulle. – SIPA

     

Le président de la République prononcera un discours devant 2.000 personnes à bord du porte-avions. The president of the French Republic gives a speech to 2000 staff aboard the aircraft carrier.

Le président de la République François Hollande va se rendre ce vendredi vers 15 heures sur le porte-avions Charles-de-Gaulle afin d’y rencontrer les militaires engagés dans les opérations pour intensifier le combat contre l’Etat islamique en Syrie.

Francois Hollande visits today at 15h00 the aircraft carrier Charles-De-Gaulle to meet the military personnel engaged in the operations to intensify the combat against Islamic state in Syria. 

Après les attentats du 13 novembre à Paris, le président avait annoncé une intensification des frappes aériennes et le déploiement du porte-avions parti de Toulon . Les raids d’avions de chasse ont commencé le 23 novembre. L’arrivée du Charles-de-Gaulle s’ajoutait ainsi aux six Rafale déjà présents aux Emirats arabes unis et aux six Mirage basés en Jordanie. La France participe depuis septembre 2014 à la coalition anti-EI en Irak et a commencé à mener des frappes sur la Syrie un an plus tard.

After the attacks in Paris on Fri 13th November, the president announced an intensification of the aerial strikes and the deployment of an aircraft carrier out of Toulon. The fighter aircraft raids commenced on 23rd November. the arrival of CDG augmented the six Rafale aircraft already stationed in the UAE and the six Mirage fighters based in Jordan. France has been involved since September 2014 in the coalition anti Islamic State in Irak and commenced it’s strikes on Syria a year later. 

26 chasseurs embarqués

C’est la première fois que François Hollande se rend là où se déroule les opérations militaires dans la région. Selon le journal Le Monde , il prononcera un discours devant 2.000 personnes à bord du Charles-de-Gaulle. Il devrait ensuite assister au catapultage d’avions partant en mission. Grâce à Charles-de-Gaulle, l’armée française possède 26 chasseurs embarqués comprenant 18 Rafale et 8 Super-Etendard.

This is the first time Francois Hollande has gone to see the the military movements in the region. According to the newspaper Le Monde he will give a talk before 2000 staff on board the CDG. He will then witness the launching of aircraft on their mission. With the arrival of the CDG the French army will have 26 fighter aircraft comprising 18 Rafale and 8 Super-Etendard.

Source Reuters via France Info. Translations by Bill Nelson.

Photos below: Dassault Super Etenard; Mirage; Rafale.

Par Michel Cabirol 
L'opération de rénovation à mi-vie des Mirage 2000D va concerner 45 appareils sur les 71 actuellement dans le parc de l'armée de l'air.

Rafale C de l'Armée de l'air française.

 

About bill

Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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