French President François Mitterrand congratulates GIGN agents who freed Air France Flight 8969, December 27, 1994.Alain Nogues/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images On December 24, 1994, Air France Flight ...

NEAR DIJON, FRANCE — The assault team advanced in a line, stacked up behind the point man. He was carrying a 60-pound shield capable of stopping rounds from a Kalashnikov-style assault rifle, equipped ...

Another "Inside Rainbow Six Siege" video this week highlights the French counter-terrorism unit GIGN. It's a bit unfair that Australians share the SAS initialism with the UK, because we tend to miss ...

Rainbow Six Siege focuses around hostage situations and highlighting countries and their respective counter-terrorism units. Today, Ubisoft introduces the French's GIGN unit. The following four ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The GIGN are the French counter-terrorism Special Forces unit set to appear in Rainbow Six Siege.

The more than 230 passengers and crew aboard Air France Flight 8969 on December 24, 1994, were looking forward to a quick and uneventful flight from Algiers to Paris. Before they took off, four men ...

Instead, the passengers and crew spent three days as the hostages of Islamist extremists. They were freed in a raid that was caught on live TV and introduced France's elite GIGN to the world. The more ...

On December 24, 1994, Air France Flight 8969 was set for a routine flight from Algiers to Paris. Instead, the passengers and crew spent three days as the hostages of Islamist extremists. They were ...