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🇺🇦🇫🇷 A report on the Ukrainian Air Force’s Mirage 2000-5F fighter jets notes that pilots maintain multiple contingency dispersal locations. During missile or drone attacks, they immediately relocate and take off from alternative sites as soon as intelligence indicates incoming Shahed drones or cruise missiles targeting their primary base....

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