200 French military personnel and 17 fighter planes have been deployed at Souda Bay since the end of March as part of the NATO-led Operation Unified Protector. Among them are Guillaume and François, who are part of the crew of a Mirage 2000.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty signed on 4 April 1949.

NATO constitutes a system of collective defense in response to an attack by any external party.

The NATO headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium.

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