Post by Admin on May 6, 2024 21:19:30 GMT
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First six Croatian Rafales entered Croatia on noon of 25th April 2024. With their arrival ended the 32 year era of MiG-21s in Croatian Air Force, and from this moment Rafales took over protection of Croatian airspace. Rafales took one hour and 40 minutes to fly over from Bordeaux in France to Pula in Croatia, flying at altitude of 8 500 meters. Rafales then grouped in Lika before flying for their home base Pleso in Zagreb. Among the six Rafales there are four single-seaters and two twin-seaters. With them will arrive six Croatian pilots and two French instructors who will continue to participate in training of Croatian pilots until 2026. Six Croatian pilots that have arrived are fully trained in basic flight operations as well as air-to-air and air-to-ground missions, and all of them have over 200 flight hours in Rafales. Three of the pilots have been trained as instructors, and they will finish training of younger pilots that will arrive later from basic training in France. Training was done entirely in English, which was made easier by the fact that Rafale has English-based interface.
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First six Croatian Rafales entered Croatia on noon of 25th April 2024. With their arrival ended the 32 year era of MiG-21s in Croatian Air Force, and from this moment Rafales took over protection of Croatian airspace. Rafales took one hour and 40 minutes to fly over from Bordeaux in France to Pula in Croatia, flying at altitude of 8 500 meters. Rafales then grouped in Lika before flying for their home base Pleso in Zagreb. Among the six Rafales there are four single-seaters and two twin-seaters. With them will arrive six Croatian pilots and two French instructors who will continue to participate in training of Croatian pilots until 2026. Six Croatian pilots that have arrived are fully trained in basic flight operations as well as air-to-air and air-to-ground missions, and all of them have over 200 flight hours in Rafales. Three of the pilots have been trained as instructors, and they will finish training of younger pilots that will arrive later from basic training in France. Training was done entirely in English, which was made easier by the fact that Rafale has English-based interface.
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