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Cambrai-Epinoy; 31-03-2011

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Today we had an excellent visit with EWAS at Cambrai. The weather was grey but dry.
In total we saw 7 Mirages and 5 of them flew missions. But the highlight was the landing
of the French Navy SA-365N Dauphin!!!

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Re: Cambrai-Epinoy; 31-03-2011

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People go to a "fast-jet" airbase, and what is the highlight? A slow helicopter... :twisted:

But nice pictures again Alex! :thumb:
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Re: Cambrai-Epinoy; 31-03-2011

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First shot is simply a beauty!!!

It has everything!!! Action, great looking a/c, landscape.

Wel done!!!
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Re: Cambrai-Epinoy; 31-03-2011

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Re: Cambrai-Epinoy; 31-03-2011

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Very beautiful Alex.
Indeed a highlight, like the Longbows on Reims. ;)
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Re: Cambrai-Epinoy; 31-03-2011

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Number 1 is a perfect shot Alex. Unfortunately the eather wasn't that good today, but we did enjoy the (perfectly organized) visit.

Here is a quick result form me.

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nice pic's, despite the weather.....
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Re: Cambrai-Epinoy; 31-03-2011

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During the visit, this was told
-Cambrai will be closed down in June 2012
-the last Mirage 2000 will leave in April 2012, they will go to Orange
-Cambrai has 19 operational Mirage 2000s, 2 on QRA at Creil, 2 on QRA at Mont-de-Marsan, 3 at QRA at Chad (Thanks Frank, not Djibouti)
-the preparations for the TigerMeet are in full swing, in the EC1/12 area, a containerpark is set-up for all the squadrons.
-whatever happens in the future, the Tiger squadron will remain
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Re: Cambrai-Epinoy; 31-03-2011

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Joris van Boven wrote:During the visit, this was told, 3 at QRA at Djibouti
make that Chad..!
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Re: Cambrai-Epinoy; 31-03-2011

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Nice shots everybody!
Redskin301 wrote:In total we saw 7 Mirages and 5 of them flew missions.
So fortunately the stories that only three local Mirages would be operational are not true. That's a good thing to know with the Tiger Meet in mind! :)
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Re: Cambrai-Epinoy; 31-03-2011

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SquAdmin wrote:Nice shots everybody!
Redskin301 wrote:In total we saw 7 Mirages and 5 of them flew missions.
So fortunately the stories that only three local Mirages would be operational are not true. That's a good thing to know with the Tiger Meet in mind! :)
Hello,

Well, I only counted 4 mirages that flew missions: 80, 86, 101 and 122

And then the one in the hangar (107), and the one in the shelter (I think 91)

Or am I wrong?

Well, only 12 mirages based at Cambrai itself, and 4 will leave to Lithuania next week for 4 months, so only 8 will be on base then. I think that 3 jets servicable per day will be right. I don't think they will be able to make more jets servicable, unfortunatly...

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Re: Cambrai-Epinoy; 31-03-2011

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@ Wim: the Mirage in the shelter was 81/103-LB; unfortunately, you might be right about the rest, although I sincerely hope they can do a bit better than three :|
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Re: Cambrai-Epinoy; 31-03-2011

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Wim wrote:Well, only 12 mirages based at Cambrai itself, and 4 will leave to Lithuania next week for 4 months, so only 8 will be on base then.
Hi Wim,

You are wrong about this. France will send Mirage 2000C's from EC5 at Orange.

So 12 Mirage 2000C will stay at Cambrai.

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Re: Cambrai-Epinoy; 31-03-2011

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Thanks for the answer Iwan, thats good news, so more chance on more aircraft during the tigermeet
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