GIGN
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The GIGN is the elite tactical unit of the French National Gendarmerie. Among its missions are counterterrorism, hostage rescue, surveillance of national threats, protection of government officials, c
Intervention Force demo
Security & Protection Force demo
Boarding of the Pascal Paoli by GIGN, on 28 September 2005. The ship had been occupied by the Corsican trade union STC.
A GIGN Security & Protection Force team extracting via helicopter during a demo in 2021
Air France Flight 8969
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Air France Flight 8969 was an Air France Airbus A300 flight that was hijacked on 24 December 1994 by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers. The militants murdered th
GIGN
…units in the world. In December 1994, the GIGN rose to worldwide prominence after its operatives successfully stormed and rescued the passengers of Air France Flight 8969, which had been hijacked by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria, at Marseille Provence Airport. GIGN was formed in Maisons-Alfort, near Paris, in 1973…
F-GBEC, the aircraft involved in the hijacking, seen in August 1994