These will be the first Mirage aircraft to carry the British missile and Dassault, Thales, and MBDA are to participate in the effort.

Lower-flying French Mirage aircraft are due in Iraq this week, Mr. Blix told the Council on Friday, to be followed by German drone aircraft.

It is also home to the Mashhad Airbase (formerly Imam Reza airbase), jointly a military installation housing Mirage aircraft, and a civilian international airport.

In January 1991, 18 Mirage 5 aircraft of the 3rd Tactical Wing were deployed to Turkey's Diyarbakır air base.

France supplied some Mirage aircraft, submarines and even the Soviet Union gave Pakistan around 100 T-55 tanks, Mi-8 helicopters but that aid was abruptly stopped under intense Indian pressure.

He was also appointed as Project Officer for the induction of Mirage aircraft in 1966.

Plus the Pakistanis have F-16s and new Mirage aircraft.

In addition to Iraq's Mirage aircraft carrying Exocet air-to-surface missiles, Iraqi patrol boats and other ships seized from the Kuwaiti navy are equipped with missiles.

Overhaul and manufacturing services were utilized by other countries with French Mirage aircraft in service.

We are also in the process of working out modalities for the use of the French Mirage aircraft, starting late next week, and for the drones supplied by the German government.