Ingabo zirwanira mu kirere za Misiri (EAF) zakiriye izindi ndege eshatu z’indwanyi za Rafale zikorerwa mu Bufaransa n’uruganda Dassault Aviation, zatumijwe mu masezerano ya miliyari 4 z’amayero yasinywe mu 2021.
Izi ndege eshatu z’indwanyi za Misiri zakiriwe mu ntangiriro z’uku kwezi kandi zirimo ebyiri z’umwanya umwe wa pilote (EM10 na EM11) n’imwe imyanya ibiri (DM21).
Zajyanywe mu birindiro by’igisirikare cyo mu kirere bya Gebel El Basur nyuma yo kugeragerezwa mu Bufaransa, zihabwa umutwe wa Tactical Fighter Wing wa 203 na Tactical Fighter Squadrons zawo 34 na 36.
Mu Gushyingo 2021 Misiri yatumije Rafale F3Rs nshya zigera kuri 30 mu masezerano y’agera kuri miliyari 3.75 z’Amayero. Gutanga indege byatangiye mu mpera za 2024 bitangirana n’ubwoko bwa EM09 (bwagaragaye bwa mbere mu Kwakira umwaka ushize), bikaba biteganijwe ko bizarangira umwaka utaha, icyo gihe Misiri izaba ifite Rafales 54 ziri mu kazi (hongereweho indi ndege kugira ngo isimbure iyatakajwe mu mpanuka). Kugeza ubu, Rafales 38 zimaze gukurwa mu Bufaransa, harimo 24 zo mu masezerano ya mbere yasinywe mu 2015 zatanzwe mu 2017.
Bikekwa ko amasezerano ya 2021 yumvikanweho nyuma y’uko Misiri ihagaritse itumizwa rya Sukhoi Su-35SEs mu Burusiya mu 2018 nk’uko tubikesha urubuga defenceweb.
Izi ndege za Rafale F3R zirimo ikoranabuhanga riteye imbere nka radar ya Thales RBE2 ikoresha scanner ya (AESA); Sisitemu yo kwikingira ya elegitoroniki ya SPECTRA; ikagira icyo bita infrared search and track sensor (IRST); n’ibindi kandi zishobora no gutwara ibisasu bya kirimbuzi.
Birashoboka ko Rafales yo muri Egiputa izashyirwamo ibisasu biyobowe na AASM-1000 ya Nyundo hamwe na NARANG mu ndege ziva mu ndege – F3R irashobora kandi gutwara misile MBDA Meteor na MICAR za misile zo mu kirere, misile SCALP / Storm Shadow cruise, ibisasu bya GBU bikurikirana hamwe na misile zirwanya ubwato. Ikibunda cya mm 30 nacyo cyashyizwe imbere.
Indege za mbere za Rafale zatangiye gukoreshwa n’Ingabo z’Abafaransa zirwanira mu mazi mu 2004 n’ingabo zirwanira mu kirere z’Abafaransa mu 2006. Misiri ni yo yabaye umukiriya wa mbere wo hanze, ikurikirwa n’abandi bakiriya barindwi, aho uheruka ari Serbia. Yahisemo Rafale nyuma yo gufata icyemezo cyo guhagarika kugura MiG-29.
Ibindi bihugu byatumije izi ndege ni Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Abarabu (80), Qatar (36), na Indonesia (42). Ubuhinde bwatumije 36 mu ngabo zirwanira mu kirere na 26 mu zirwanira mu mazi mu gihe u Bugereki bwatumije 24, na Croatia 12 (zakoze/second hand).
