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Gallic Warrior: The Dassault Rafale
Gallic Warrior: The Dassault Rafale
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A Navy Rafale
gets airborne
Gallic Warrior
The Dassault Rafale
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In Combat
The Rafale was first deployed to a combat zone in 2002
when seven Rafale Ms embarked aboard the Charles De
Gaulle during Mission Heracles the French participation
in Operation Enduring Freedom. They flew from the
aircraft carrier over Afghanistan, but did not see any
action. In June 2002, while the Charles de Gaulle was in
the Arabian Sea, Rafales conducted several patrols near
the India-Pakistan border, and in 2007, six aircraft were
given the ability to drop laser-guided bombs, in view of
engaging them in Afghanistan. Three of these Air Force
types were deployed to Dushanbe in Tajikistan, while
the other three were flown by the Navy from the Charles
de Gaulle. The first mission occurred on 12 March 2007,
and the first GBU-12 was launched on 28 March in
support of embattled Dutch troops in Southern
Afghanistan, marking the operational dbut of the
Rafale. Between January 2009 and December 2011, a
minimum of three Rafales were stationed at Kandahar
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Dassault chose to combine a delta wing with an active closecoupled canard in the Rafale
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Dassault Rafale C 113-BV of SPA.77 Croix de Jerusalem, EC 01.007 Provence, Saint Dizier-Robinson Air Base. The
aircraft is finished in overall Dark Compass Grey with a Dark Grey Radome
Dassault Rafale B 7-HW carries all the badges of the component units based at EC 01.007 Provence, Saint
Dizier-Robinson Air Base. The aircraft is finished in overall Medium Grey with a Dark Grey Radome
Dassault Rafale M 20 of Flotille 12F aboard the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. The aircraft is finished in
overall Medium Grey with a Dark Grey Radome
Dassault Rafale B HM of SPA.15 Heaume dArgent EC 01.007 Provence, Saint Dizier-Robinson Air Base. The
aircraft is finished in overall Medium Grey with a Dark Grey Radome
Dassault Rafale C 113-IV of SPA.91 Agile Empietant une Tete de Mort, EC 1.007 Provence, Saint Dizier-Robinson Air Base.
The aircraft is finished in overall Medium Grey with a Dark Grey Radome
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Flotille Fighter
James Dickerson builds the 1:48 Revell Rafale M
Dassault Rafale M
Manufacturer: Revell
Scale: 1:48
Kit Type: Plastic injection moulded
Kit Number: 04517
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followed by a basecoat
of Dark Gull Grey
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We Recommend
Mr Color Gloss White #156
Mr Color Black #18
Hobby Color Dark Sea Grey #331
Hobby Color Light Ghost Grey #308
The Hobby Color paints used in this feature are
distributed in the UK by Albion Hobbies and are
available to order directly from the SAM Shop
and from other UK modelling outlets and stores
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Since the aircraft was fairly dark, I
chose to use an even darker panel
wash to pick out the details
To blend everything in
thinned coats of Dark Gull
Grey were carefully added
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