- Opération Harmattan - the French participation in the 2011 military intervention in Libya.
- French Dassault Rafale multirole fighters began reconnaissance missions on 19 March 2011 and were the first among the coalition to attack Libyan forces, destroying four tanks. (based at Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily, Italy & Aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91)
Escadron de Chasse 1/7 Provence (EC 1/7 Provence) - Jaguars were retired in July 2005 and replaced by Dassault Rafale in 2006. In January 2007 1/7 Provence had twenty Rafale B and C. In March 2007 three Rafales were deployed to Dushanbe in Tajikistan, and carried out their first patrol over Afghanistan two days later.