Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans Catherine Vautrin visits La Réunion
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On 5 October 2026 Catherine Vautrin, Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans, arrived in La Réunion for the Pegasus 26 mission stopover, which involved two Rafale fighters, two A330 MRTT tankers and one A400M transport aircraft staying on the island from 2 to 7 October 2026.
The following day she travelled to Madagascar, where she inspected the AerialMetric industrial site, was received by senior Malagasy authorities and praised the first delivery of a surveillance and reconnaissance drone to the Malagasy Armed Forces, signed by the Chief of Staff of the Malagasy Armed Forces and the French defence attaché.
The French BEA also announced an investigation into an accident involving a two‑seat Elixir aircraft during a production test flight on 1 October 2026 at Rochefort.