French President François Mitterrand congratulates GIGN agents who freed Air France Flight 8969, December 27, 1994. Alain Nogues/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images ...

Members of the GIGN (National Gendarmerie Intervention Group) sit in a helicopter flying over Dammartin-en-Goele where a hostage-taking was underway after police hunting the Islamist brothers who ...

Though the three units are separate, RAID and GIGN especially work closely together. In the late 2000s, French Minister of the Interior Michèle Alliot-Marie initiated joint exercises.

That’s what you’re getting with GIGN. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege is heading your way on October 13, 2015 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Share this post: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest.

15 Minutes of War was written by the director, newcomer Ileana Epsztajn and the prolific screenwriter and occasional director Jérémie Guez (the upcoming The Sound of Philadelphia with Matthias ...

Founded after the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, in which 11 Israelis died in an attack by a Palestinian militant group, the GIGN is responsible for freeing hostages, counter-terrorism operations ...