Flying out of Djibouti back to Paris on a French government Esterel ET 3/60 A340 squadron, we were friendly intercepted by 2 Mirage 2000-5 from EC 3/11 Corse squadron.
Interception took place minutes after we took off from French BA 188 airbase with my IHEDN class.
This was the pinnacle of a 5-day visit to this very strategic country were France has 1,200 soldiers stationed along with American, Japanese, Chinese, Italian and Spanish forces. On top of conferences regarding the regional geopolitical context, we had witnessed combined sea-air-land operations in Djiboutian desert.