These photos show how 2 French Rafale fighter jets were launching from US Navy ship Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during a carrier qualification integration. These fighter jets are from the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and later landed on the US Navy carrier for operations.

This is not the first time that french fighters were operated from a United States carrier, but this happens less often and for that reason, these photos are not seen every day.

These exercises were carried out to enhance the mutual maritime capabilities and to uplift the regional stability of the region. In the last image is a F/A-18E Super Hornet landed on the French carrier.

Photo Credits: US Navy

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