ES 1/91 Gascogne's surviving Mirage IVPs were retired in 2005 and are conserved and stored at the "Centre d'Instruction Forces Aériennes Stratégiques" (CIFAS) at Bordeaux Mérignac. The retirement of all reconnaissance-configured Mirage IVPs in 2005 meant that the French Air Force's Mirage F1CRs were for some time the only aircraft capable of carrying out aerial reconnaissance missions. The long term replacement for the Mirage IVP was Mirage 2000N aircraft outfitted with a modern PRNG "Pod de Reconnaissance Nouvelle Génération" (New Generation Reconnaissance Pod), equipped with digital camera equipment.