On May 10 1966 , it was a Mirage IVA n ° 36 of Escadron 1/91 " Gascogne " which conducted the first transatlantic cross over with a combat aircraft at French reaction under the command of Commandant Dubroca and Captain Caubert in 7h40 , from an Aerial Base . That voyage took 3 Air Supply Aircraft enough to rally the town of Boston . In 1968 , FAS turned towards low altitude bombardment which became the principal mission of the Squadron , the supersonic bombardment was only retained as a replacing bombardment alternative . In 1986 , EB 1/91 became the first operational squadron of an arms system Mirage IVP ASMP and consisted of 7 to 8 Mirage IVP . On September 1992 , following the dissolution of the Escadron de Reconnaissance et d’Instruction 01.328 ( reconnaissance and instruction squadron ) at Bordeaux . The unit inherited the mission of strategic reconnaissance . In the Spring of 1994 , the unit participated to Operation Crécerelle of maintaining peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina by conducting several photographic reconnaissance missions on top of the geographical territory . In 1996 , the general staff headquarters of the FAS decided that the Mirage 2000N would be the only units to assure nuclear missions . The Mirage IVP had accordingly one mission : The distant strategic reconnaissance which would be authorized , with air supply , the singular endurance of Mirage IV . On July 1 1996 , EB 1/91 became Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron , ( ) . Equipped with photographic container types and different cameras gauges , the Gascogne executed since 1968 several important reconnaissance missions such as the one in Tchad in 1974 . Other missions such as CONDOR in 1996 and 1997 since Djibouti on top of the Hanish Islands in the Red Sea , ALADIN in Iraq in 1998 , HÉRACLES in 2001-2002 following the September 11 attacks , finally TARPAN in 2003 for surveillance missions on top of the Iraqi territory , have all demonstrated the primordial functions of the Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron ( ERS ) while the world faced international menaces . On June 23 2005 , the Mirage IV P n ° 59 conducted the last flight of Mirage IV of the Squadron and the French Air Force , at the command of a commandant , operations chief of Gascogne . This equipment is exposed today on an Aerial Base .
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Escadron de Chasse 1/4 Gascogne