During Desert Shield/Storm in 91 I was at a base in Qatar for a while that had Canadian CF18's, American F-16 fighters and French Mirage
Fighters aircraft. There were flag poles in a tent city for the Qatari, American , Canadian and French Flags. The French flag was cut down so many times the USAF commander assigned a SP to guard it 24/7. The french pile-it's would depart for their assigned targets which were at least an hour out and back yet they always seemed to return in 20 minutes without their ordnance.
Bunch of frigging cowards. The singular fighting force that the french possess that I have witnessed in action and respect is the Foreign Legion. Those guys are strictly billy bad asses !
Stay safe !
I was in the 101, on the west flank. french further left (imagine that!).
Those guys were worthless, except for the Foreign Legion. . .and the reason is simple. . .they are FOREIGN, not french. That is why they are called the "Foreign" Legion. They have to import warriors.
They have to import warriors.
*Chuckle*