in january 2013 france launch in mali the "opération serval" whose objective is to fight the islamist terrorists who occupy the north. air and land french forces are on alert, and immediately the first french fighter jets launched night bombing. some are rafale, but also mirage 2000d. once french troops involved, including the légion étrangère and special forces, rafale and mirage 2000 were used for close air support. french fighter jets operating from internation airport of n'djamena in chad.