From onboard the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier: French close-air-support gets more punch as Super Etendards receive improved ground-attack and reconnaissance capabilities

The French navy's aircraft carrier FNS Charles de Gaulle will leave its home port of Toulon early next month for a four-month cruise to the Indian Ocean, for the first time embarking Dassault Super Etendard Modernisé fighter-bombers modified to the final Standard 5 configuration.

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