eSiriya. Ubuso obusha be-Operation Chammal
I-France ikhulisa ukubamba iqhaza kwezindiza ekulweni "nombuso wamaSulumane". Imisebenzi yasemoyeni yenziwa njengengxenye ye-Operation Chammal, eyingxenye ye-Operation Unwavering Resolve yamazwe ngamazwe, eyenziwa umfelandawonye wamazwe ambalwa aholwa yi-United States.
NgoSepthemba 19, 2014, ukusebenza kwezindiza zaseFrance i-Chammal ngokumelene ne-Islamic State kwaqala lapho iqembu elihlanganisa ama-Rafale alwela izindima eziningi ezivela eqenjini le-EC 3/30 Lorraine, elisekelwa indiza ye-C-135FR kanye ne-Atlantique 2 yokuhlola, iqede umkhankaso wayo wokuqala wokulwa. Khona-ke izindiza zasolwandle zahlanganyela esenzweni, zisebenza zisuka endaweni ethwala indiza uCharles de Gaulle (R91). Imisebenzi yokulwa yomthwali wendiza kanye nemikhumbi ephelezelwayo yenziwa njengengxenye ye-Operation Arromanches-1. Iqembu lomoya okuwukuphela kwalo elithwala indiza yaseFrance lalihlanganisa izindiza zokulwa ezingu-21, okuhlanganisa izilwi eziyi-12 ze-Rafale M ezinendima eminingi kanye nama-Super Étendard Modernisé fighter-bombers (Super Etendard M) kanye nendiza eyodwa ye-E-9C Hawkeye ehamba isexwayiso nokulawula. Phakathi kwezindiza i-Rafale M kwakukhona amayunithi amabili akamuva afakwe iziteshi ze-radar ezinothi olusebenzayo oluskenwe nge-elekthronikhi i-AESA. Ngemuva kokuzivocavoca kwe-TRAP ngendiza yokuthutha yaseMelika i-MV-2 Osprey ye-VTOL enendima ehlukahlukene endaweni yokuqeqesha yase-Coron kanye nokuzivocavoca okulandelwayo nabalawuli be-FAC base-French kanye ne-US e-Djibouti kanye nokuma kancane e-Bahrain, umthwali wendiza ekugcineni wangena empini. ngomhla zingama-22 kuNhlolanja wezi-23. Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, ama-multirole Rafale M (Flottille 2015F) ahlasela izindawo ezazihlosiwe zokuqala e-Al-Qaim eduze nomngcele waseSyria. NgoMashi 11, ukuhlasela kokuqala kwenziwa i-Super Étendard M fighter-bomber (inombolo yomsila 20) isebenzisa amabhomu asemoyeni e-GBU-46. Phakathi nenyanga, kwadedelwa amabhomu aqondiswayo angu-49. Phakathi kuka-April 15 no-1, ngaphambi kokufika kwesinye isithwali sezindiza saseMelika, umkhumbi waseFrance uCharles de Gaulle wawuwukuphela komkhumbi waleli klasi emanzini asePersian Gulf.
NgoMashi 5, 2015, iGeneral Staff of the French Armed Forces yamemezela ukuncishiswa kweRafale ehilelekile ku-Operation Chammal, futhi ngokushesha izindiza ezintathu zalolu hlobo zivela eqenjini le-EC 1/7 Provence kanye ne-EC 2/30 Normandie-Niemen zabuyela izikhumulo zezindiza zasekhaya. Endleleni ebuyela ePoland, ngokwesiko babephelezelwa yindiza yethangi i-C-135FR.
NgoMashi 15, 2015, indiza yaseFrance i-E-3F ehamba emoyeni isexwayiso kanye nokulawula indiza ye-squadron 36 EDCA (Escadre de Commandement et de Conduite Aéroportée) yaphinde yavela enkundleni yemidlalo yaseshashalazini eMiddle East, futhi ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva yaqala izindiza zokulwa eduze. ukusebenzisana ne-air Force coalition. Ngakho kwaqala uhambo lwesibili lwe-AWACS yesiFulentshi e-Middle East yaseshashalazini yokusebenza - eyokuqala yenziwa ngesikhathi sika-Okthoba-November 2014. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, izindiza ze-E-2C Hawkeye ezivela ku-GAE yezindiza (Iqembu Aérien Embarque) kusukela kuCharles de Umthwali wendiza ye-Gaulle.
Ukuqina okuphezulu kakhulu kwezindiza kwenzeka ngoMashi 26-31, 2015, lapho indiza yeFrench Air Force kanye nezindiza zasolwandle zisebenza ngokubambisana. Kulezi zinsuku ezimbalwa, imishini iqede ukuhlunga okungu-107. Ngaso sonke isikhathi, amabutho aseFrance ahlala exhumana ne-US CAOC (Air Operations Coordination Center), eliseQatar, e-El Udeid. Akuzona kuphela izindiza ezinophephela emhlane zaseFrance ezihilelekile ekusebenzeni, ngakho-ke imisebenzi ehlobene nokuqinisekisa ukuphepha nokululama kwabashayeli bezindiza yenziwa yizindiza ezinophephela emhlane zaseMelika.
