With the G8 summit held near Geneva, French Air Force sent some heavy armed Mirages to Switzerland for multinational CAP's above the borders. In a few weeks, the next exercise is planned with AdlA's Mirages out of Payerne.
Mirage 2000C from EC 1/12 "Cambresis" at BA103 Cambrai-Epinoy is taking off into "Shadow Wave" sortie during NTM 2011. Mirage is equipped with two external fuel tanks 2000 l and one register R-550 Magic 2.
A Cambrai-based Mirage 2000C (coded 103-KR) is seen here on the flight line, while pre-flight preparations are taking place, during the Nato Tiger Meet 2011 at Cambrai-Epinoy.