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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 1d

📍 Djibouti | Patrols of Mirage 2000-5 and 2000D aircrafts from @FFDJ_Officiel alongside with an A330-MRTT ✈️

🛡️ Contribution to our Djiboutian partner’s airspace defence

🌍 French Forces 🇫🇷 committed to security in the Horn of Africa

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 2d

📍 Iraq | Launch of the training of the Iraqi elite battalions 🇮🇶
🤝 New step in a bilateral partnership responding to the request of the 🇮🇶 armed forces
➡️ Developping operational defense capabilities of the 🇮🇶territory
➡️ Broadening of the skills of the armies beyond the only matter of counter-insurgency

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 2d

📍Atlantic | Surveillance by a 🇫🇷 frigate of the Alliance's maritime approaches.

➡️ Marking a 🇷🇺 submarine moving on the surface off the coast of Brittany.

🎯 Control the maritime approaches in coordination with the @NATO forces.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 2d

🤝 Outcome: PIKNE demonstrated the ability of Estonian forces and their allies to deploy quickly, retake ground, and maintain a strong defensive posture.

#Together for security on NATO’s eastern flank.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 2d

🪂 Infiltration phase with parachute insertion by a commando group and deployment of troops deep within Estonian territory through air assault maneuvers ;

💥 Final phase featuring live-fire exercises at sea, from the air, and on land.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 2d

A demanding tactical scenario involving advanced land and air assets:

🔍 Operational preparation phase including reconnaissance missions and live-fire exercises ;

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 2d

📍Estonia | End of the multinational exercise #PIKNE

1️⃣5️⃣ days of training
🪖 3,000 soldiers from 5 nations 🇫🇷🇪🇪🇬🇧🇺🇸🇱🇻
🎯 Objective: to demonstrate the Alliance’s rapid reaction capability in response to a simulated threat.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 6d

📍 French Polynesia | Deployment of a French destroyer in the Pacific : #HIMANTURA mission

🎯 Strengthening ties with partner nations in Southeast Asia

🎯 🇫🇷 commitment to upholding international law and the sovereignty of all states

➡️ Upcoming participation in multinational exercises ⚓

🚢 🐠 🌐

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 10d

[#MondayMotivation💪🏼] "I feel the need… the need for speed" Top Gun✈️

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 10d

📍 Estonia | #PIKNEExercise 🇫🇷🤝🇪🇪

🪂 Dynamic force projection
⚡️ Stealth and precision
➡️ Constant commitment to the security of Europe’s eastern flank

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 10d

📍 Romania | Deployment of a French ATL2 in 🇷🇴 for maritime surveillance flights.

➡️ Enhanced cooperation between Allies
➡️ 🇫🇷 Active French contribution to regional maritime security

🎯 Ensuring freedom of navigation and strengthening maritime security in the region

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 12d

📍 Portugal | 🇫🇷 France joins #DynamicMessenger by NATO

🔹 Testing air, surface & underwater drones
🔹 Enhancing allied integration of advanced robotic tech #together

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 12d

📍 Romania | #EAGLETHUNDER

💪 Strengthening of allied forces 🇧🇪 🇱🇺 🇷🇴 🇵🇱 within NATO battlegroup, led by 🇫🇷 as framework nation.

➡️ Intensive ground exercises to reinforce their ability to operate #together in defense of NATO‘s eastern flank.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 14d

Major drug seizure conducted by French Navy crews off the coast of West Africa:

⚖️ 9.6 metric tons of cocaine seized

➡️ Upheld efforts of the 🇫🇷 Armed Forces to combat trafficking and protect the French population

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 18d

📍Estonia | The #PIKNE ⚡exercise is underway

➡️ Test the ability of NATO countries 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇫🇷🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇸 to cooperate and deploy effectively in short notice.
🎯 Demonstrate France's commitment to protect Europe's eastern flank.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 19d

📍Mediterranean Sea | Multinational exercise #EUNOMIA2025 🇫🇷 🇨🇾 🇬🇷 🇮🇹

⚓ Air and maritime operations, asymmetric warfare scenarios
🛟 Search & rescue maneuvers
👨‍💻 Integration of a cyber-component
🌊 Committed to stability and freedom of navigation in the Mediterranean

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 22d

📍Estonia | Tranchee combat training with our 🇬🇧 allies

➡️ Reenforcement of the 🇬🇧🤝🇫🇷 cooperation
🎯 Steadfast commitment for the European collective security

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 23d

📍 Persian Gulf | Cooperation 🇫🇷 - 🇶🇦

Joint maneuvers between a 🇫🇷destroyer and a 🇶🇦 corvette ⚓️

Trustful partnership in a context of regional trouble

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 26d

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 26d

📍Pologne | #EasternSentry

On orders of the President of the Republic on September 11, 2025, the French armed forces mobilised three Rafale fighter jets in Poland to participate, within NATO, in the defence of the Alliance's borders.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · Sep 8

[#MondayMotivation💪] It's Monday, no more sleeping in, we're taking off !

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · Sep 7

📍New Caledonia | Exercise #BRUNETTAKAMORI 🇫🇷🇯🇵

🤝 Strong military ties between 🇫🇷 forces in New Caledonia and Japan Self-Defense Forces : training together, building trust and sharing expertise.

A key military partnership for regional stability 🌏

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · Sep 6

📍Middle East | 🇫🇷🇮🇳🇦🇪 exercice in the sky #DESERTKNIGHT ✈️

🫡 Joint training over the Arabian Sea for French forces in United Arab Emirates’ RAFALE.
🤝 With our 🇮🇳 and 🇦🇪 partners.
#strongertogether

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · Sep 6

As part of the 🇪🇺 #EUMAM mission, France continues its support to 🇺🇦.

🎯 Strengthening Europe's security.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · Sep 6

📍Baltic Sea | #NORTHERNCOAST 💥
A 🇫🇷 minehunter takes part in a multifield training exercice organized by the 🇩🇪.

⚖️ Committed for stability in the Baltic Sea.

🤝 Strenghtening our interoperability with nearly thirty allied naval forces in various areas of warfare.

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