French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle

The Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier of the French Navy.

It is the first and only warship surface nuclear-powered built in Western Europe and France is the only country outside the United States to launch the construction of an aircraft carrier propulsion nucléaire.

After IPER (periodic unavailability for maintenance and repairs) scheduled every  years and a trial period and operational readiness (MCO), Charles de Gaulle and its battle group (GAN) called Task Force 473 successfully complete Agapanthus the 2010 mission in Afghanistan. His aircraft made 180 combat missions in Operation Enduring Freedom and after exercise Varuna made with the Navy indienne2, Charles de Gaulle and his group were incurred during the "Harmattan" operation in Libya with in order to enforce Resolution 1973 of the Security Council of the UN. April 4, 2011, during Operation Harmattan, Charles de Gaulle has passed the 342,000 water, the equivalent of 16 times around the world since its commissioning, including 100,000 since the end of 2008.

He replaced the aircraft carrier Clemenceau. A second aircraft carrier to be built, the PA 2 to replace Foch, as promised by President Sarkozy during the presidential campaign of 2007, but the project was finally rejected. Assessment studies are currently menées.

Paris is her godmother city since 9 October 2001. He entered since the beginning of January 2013 for an estimated six months duration in downtime for maintenance through (IEI) in its home port of Toulon. It remains mobilized if nécessité.

After a complete workout in the Mediterranean with its battle group, the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle since August 1, 2013 restored to full operational qualification and is at the disposal of the command for any operation to project power at sea or in depth against the terre.

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