(24 Jul 2024)
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Jakarta, Indonesia – 24 July 2024
1. Various of Rafale fighter jet arriving at Halim Perdana Kusuma airbase
2. Mid of photographers and reporters
3. Various of pilots getting out of fighter jet
4. Various of A400M military plane on tarmac
5. Wide of news conference
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Gen. Brig. Guillaume Thomas, Chief of Pegase 2024 mission:
"The mission’s objective are first: to be able to protect our population in our overseas territories, our interests in the region and support our
sovereignty forces in our overseas territories at short notice."
7. Mid of Thomas on podium
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Gen. Brig. Guillaume Thomas, Chief of Pegase 2024 mission:
"Second objective is to consolidate partnership to strengthen military cooperation and enhance interoperability with partners and allies. And more specifically with Indonesia, our aim is to reinforce our hardware interoperability and cooperation, give our support to Indonesia in the ramp up of the incoming common aircraft."
9. Pilot getting into cockpit
10. Pan right from airplane propellers rotating to pilot in fighter jet
11. Tit up of fighter jet ready for taxiing
12. Rafale fighter jet taxiing
13. Rafale passes the sign of Military Apron
14. Fighter jet takes off
STORYLINE:
France’s air force made a stopover in Indonesia’s capital on Wednesday, part of a visit to Southeast Asia that’s meant to display French commitment to security in the Indo-Pacific region amid growing Chinese maritime activity there.
The French mission, named Pegase, visited Jakarta’s Halim Perdanakusuma air force base on a weeks-long trip that also included stops in countries including Malaysia and Singapore.
It showcased two Rafale fighter jets, a tanker transport plane and one A400M Airbus military transport plane.
The mission aimed to boost military cooperation between France and Indonesia, Brig. Gen. Guillaume Thomas, Chief of the 2024 Pagase mission, told a news conference after showing the aircrafts to journalists.
"The mission’s objective are first: to be able to protect our population in our overseas territories, our interests in the region and support our sovereignty forces in our overseas territories at short notice,” Thomas said.
He said Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto and French President Emmanuel Macron would conduct a bilateral meeting in Paris this week to further strengthen ties diplomatically and militarily.
The French Embassy in Jakarta said in a statement ahead of the July 20-27 stopover that the mission “shows France’s commitment to the Indo-Pacific region and its close ties with the country partners in the region.”
Indonesia has embarked on a drive to upgrade and modernize its arsenal and strengthen its domestic defence industry.
The country completed an order for 42 French Rafale fighter jets in January, and the first delivery is expected in early 2026, defence ministry spokesperson Brig. Gen. Edwin Adrian Sumantha said in a statement.
Subianto, who is also currently Indonesia’s defence minister, has crisscrossed the globe since he was appointed in 2019, traveling to China, France, Russia, Turkey and the United States in a bid to acquire new military weapon systems as well as surveillance and territorial defence capabilities.
The Indonesian Air Force currently operates a mix of fighter jets made in various countries, including the United States, Russia and Britain.
However, some of those aircraft had reached or would soon reach their end-of-life phase, and needed to be replaced or upgraded, Sumantha said.
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