A Jaguar has just entered the museum.
Thirty years after taking part in Operation "Desert Storm", the machine was officially received on Sunday in the collection of the Air and Space Museum.
This supersonic tactical support single-seater had been designed in the 1960s. On January 17, 1991, when the first raid of the Kuwait liberation war - the Gulf War - was launched, the aircraft participated in the attack against Al Jaber base, suspected of harboring Iraqi Scud missiles.
Four French planes are affected during the operation.
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