French Navy Cassard class Anti Aircraft Frigate Jean Bart deployed to provide air control over Iraq

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French Navy Cassard class Anti Aircraft Frigate Jean Bart deployed to provide air control over Iraq
 
The French Navy announced yesterday that the Cassard class Anti-Aircraft Frigate Jean Bart (D615) set sail from Toulon naval base for a deployement in the Persian Gulf. The Frigate will provide air control for coalition aircraft conduction missions over Iraq against ISIL.
     
The French Navy announced yesterday that the Cassard class Anti-Aircraft Frigate Jean Bart (D615) set sail from Toulon naval base for a deployement in the Persian Gulf. The Frigate will provide air control for coalition aircraft conduction missions over Iraq against ISIL.
The French Navy Cassard class Anti-Aircraft Frigate Jean Bart (D615) set sail from Toulon naval base
Thanks to her new Thales Smart-S Mk2 radar, she will provide air control for coalition aircraft conducting missions over Iraq. Picture: French Navy
     
From February to May 2014, the Jean Bart was already been deployed in the Indian Ocean as part of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), which aims to fight against terrorism and illegal trafficking in the Indian Ocean area. On this occasion, the Jean Bart was attached for about ten days to the US Navy Carrier Battle Group (CVBG) formed around aircraft carrier USS Bush.

For this specific deployement, the anti-aircraft frigate Jean Bart and her crew of about 250 sailors will join a French force consisting of 9 Rafale jets, a C135-FR tanker aircraft and an Atlantique 2 maritime patrol aircraft as part of Operation Chammal.

To learn more: Cassard class Anti-Aircraft Frigate technical datasheet