Not just any Mirage
Lt. Col. Frederic Vieil, an operations officer with NATO's Headquarters, Allied Air Command, runs through F-1 Mirage pre-flight checks with a French pilot before takeoff from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 4, 2013. The three French pilots and two Mirages, were here to conduct a familiarization flight and attend a planning and preparation conference at NATO's Headquarters, Allied Air Command, related to the French air force four-month Baltic Air Policing deployment starting in May. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chad Thompson)