How France is preparing for modern warfare: Inside the TARANIS air force drill

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How France is preparing for modern warfare: Inside the TARANIS air force drill  Pilots, technicians and support teams rehearse the types of operations France may be called upon to conduct in a rapidly deteriorating international security landscape.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/20/how-france-is-preparing-for-modern-warfare-inside-the-taranis-air-force-drill  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Strapped into a Fennec military helicopter, we lift off over the Orléans-Bressy airbase in central France.

00:15Euronews was granted exclusive access on board this light and highly maneuverable aircraft,

00:21one of the key tools France now relies on for anti-drone operations across Europe.

00:27But the Fennec is just one piece of Taranis, France's major high-intensity military exercise.

00:34Over the course of three weeks, the Air Force trains for scenarios shaped by today's increasingly tense geopolitical climate.

00:41Taranis 2025, ce qui nous anime, c'est vraiment fidèle à la devise de la brigade aérienne d'assaut et de projection,

00:48c'est de combattre et sauver, combattre, donc je parle plutôt pour un parti hélicoptère, évidemment.

00:57Eh bien, ça va être déposer des commandos, récupérer des commandos, ça va être d'agir dans les airs pour assurer la souveraineté de l'Etat dans son espace aérien.

01:06Sauver, eh bien, ça va être aussi de récupérer des gens au sol, de treuiller, etc.

01:11Donc c'est ça qu'on va démontrer aujourd'hui.

01:12Down below, the roar of the A400M transport plane punches through the clouds.

01:19The Orléans-Bricis airbase hosts almost the entire French A400M fleet.

01:2524 aircraft capable of evacuations, humanitarian drops and heavy transport.

01:31To keep these crews mission-ready, Taranis pushes them onto improvised runways,

01:39including this brand-new gravel strip inaugurated for the exercise.

01:46In total, 250 personnel and 20 aircraft from France and Greece are mobilized,

01:52all with one single objective, to strengthen tactical expertise ahead of potential high-intensity conflict.

01:59The Taranis exercise will wrap up on November 27,

02:04marking the 80 years of France's military air transport command.

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