French Air Force
The French Air Force (French: [Armée de l'Air] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), literally Army of the Air) is the air force of France. It was formed in 1909 as the Service Aéronautique de l'Armée, part of the French Army, and finally independent in 1934 in its current form. In 2013 it has an important fleet[1] of aircraft.
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French air force bases
In France the air force bases are called Bases Aériennes or BA and have a number, like Base Aérienne 117 in Paris.
- Ba117.jpg
Paris air force base and his exposed Mirage III.
- Base aérienne 273 Romorantin-Lanthenay.jpg
BA-273 at Romorantin.
Former aircraft of the French Air Force
- Dewoitine510.jpg
Interwar period fighter plane Dewoitine D.510 of the French Air Force.
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- Bloch MB 131 San Diego Air & Space Museum 3.jpg
Bloch MB-131, reconnaissance and bomber of World War II
- Bloch mb-162.jpg
World War II French bomber Bloch MB-162.
- A-26C loaned to France in Indochina.jpg
Former French Air Force bomber Douglas A-26 Invader used in Indochina war.
Former French Air Force reconnaissance aircraft ANF-Les Mureaux 113.
- Breguet 941 à Dugny.JPG
French Air Force transport plane Bréguet 941.
- Dassault Mirrage IIIE Elvington.JPG
French Air Force fighter aircraft Mirage IIIE.
Former fighter aircraft Dassault Mirage 5 of the French Air Force.
- Mirage IV DN-ST-87-02585.JPEG
Nuclear bomber Dassault Mirage IV of the French Air Force.
- Douglas DC-8 Sarigue.JPG
- French Jaguar A of EC 1-7 Provence in flight over the Adriatic Sea, 8 April 2003 (DF-SD-05-05511).jpg
Anglo-French attack plane Sepecat Jaguar.
Active aircraft of the French Air Force
Transport plane Airbus A310.
attack variant of the Mirage 2000, the Mirage 2000D seen here at the "break".
Transport plane Lockheed C-130H-30.
- French Alpha Jet, 1988.JPEG
Alpha Jet of Patrouille de France, the famous aerobatic team.
- Rafale au Bourget en 2011.JPG
Dassault Rafale C in Paris Air Show 2011.
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- French Air Force Socata TB-30 Epsilon.jpg
- Transall C-160 (side) - AirExpo Muret 2007 0279 2007-05-12.jpg
Franco-German transport plane Transall C.160.
- Falcon900 Clermont-Ferrand airport.jpg
VIP transport plane, used by French Prime Minister, the Dassault Falcon 900.
- E-3F Sentry (French Air Force) Bastille day 4298.jpg
Electronic warfare plane, the Boeing E-3F.
- French Air Force CASA CN-235 in Sydney.jpg
Transport plane Casa CN-235M.
French Air Force Media
- COmpagnie d'aviateurs.jpg
"Company of aviators", September 1914, by Jules Gervais-Courtellemont
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French aircraft during World War I, flying over German held territory (1915)
- NiD.29 du 33e RAM.jpg
Nieuport-Delage NiD.29 C.1 fighter used in the early post-WWI period.
- Dewoitine BA 112.JPG
Dewoitine D.510 monoplane fighters from the mid-1930s
- NA T28 Fennec.jpg
A North American T-28 Trojan, used against guerrillas during the Algerian War
- Dassault Mirage IIIC, France - Air Force AN0695826.jpg
Mirage IIIC of EC 2/10 "Seine" pictured in 1980 armed with a Matra R.530
- Two French air force Dassault Mirage F1C aircraft.jpg
A 1986 view of a Mirage F1 from the Escadron de Chasse 2/30 Normandie-Niemen and another from the Escadron de Chasse 3/30 Lorraine, both armed with Matra R.530 missiles. Squadron insignias are visible on the two aircraft.
- Mirage 2000C in-flight 2 (cropped).jpg
Mirage 2000 in flight
References
- ↑ http://www.defense.gouv.fr/air/technologies/aeronefs Archived 2013-05-21 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
Other websites
- The official French Air Force website (in French)
- The Facebook official fanpage of the French Air Force (in French)