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French Air Force

French Air Force
Military unit
Unit nameArmée de l'Air
Founded1909 (independent in 1933)
CountryFrance
Size57,400 Regulars
867 aircraft
Part ofFrench Armed Forces
Commanders
Chief of Staff of the French Air ForceGénéral d'Armée aérienne Jean-Paul Paloméros

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The French Air Force ( (ALA), literally Army of the Air) is the air force of the French Armed Forces. It was formed in 1909 as the Service Aéronautique. The French Air Force operates 874 aircraft, making it the 4th largest air force in terms of aircraft in NATO, after the air forces of the United States, United Kingdom and Turkey.

French Air Force Video

"Unofficial" French Air Force footage of bored pilots endangering tens of millions of dollars worth of French taxpayers' Mirage 2000s by seeing just how low they can go.
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Footage of the US Air Force with the song The Air Force Song
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jet fighters low level french air force M2000 mirage F1
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French air force's dassault mirage 2000B make a low pass over me when he finished his demonstration at courchevel altiport!!! Valentin VANHELLE
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A promotional video showing the main former and current aircrafts of the French air force, including: Dassault Aviation Rafale, Mirage 2000, Mirage F1 and Mirage IV, SEPECAT Jaguar, Dassault/Dornier Alphajet, C-160 Transall, C-130 Hercules and Aerospatiale SA-330 Puma
10.62 min. | 4.78 user rating
The French doing what they do best: terrorizing poor shepherds all over the Sahel. Hell, when you've been doing it for the best part of 100 years, why stop now?
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French Air Force Rafale
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3 Mirage F1's from the French Air Force, callsign 'Reno', recover after a Green Flag sortie. visit www.nellis.af.mil Sorry for all the shaking!
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Launch and recovery of French Rafales during Red Flag exercises at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Shot over two days, August 13 and 14, with a Sony HVR-V1U.
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PM, Suthep reject French intervention - Bangkok Post Tweet this news
Bangkok Post---Air force- chief-of-staff -Air- Chief Marshal Prachin Chantong said the planes flew there by mistake. ACM Prachin said the fighters were seen flying only two ... - Date : Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:43:22 GMT+00:00
Dassault Aviation Portrays AREOS Reco NG and Rafale F3 - Military Technologies Tweet this news
Military Technologies--As a veritable “omnirole” fighter, the Rafale has already replaced several types of warplanes in the -French air force- and navy. ... - Date : Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:08:20 GMT+00:00
Thales validates radar for Rafale - UPI.com Tweet this news
UPI.com--The Tranche 4 aircraft were ordered by the DGA in 2009 and will be delivered by Dassault Aviation to the -French air force- from 2013.--- - Date : Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:33:42 GMT+00:00
Ratan Tata to fly F/A-18 Super Hornet at Aero India - Economic Times Tweet this news
Economic Times--Asia's biggest -air- show, Aero India 2011, started on February 9 and will continue till February 13 at -Air Force- Station, Yelahanka. ... - Date : Thu, 10 Feb 2011 05:50:58 GMT+00:00
Paul F. Kimmerle - Great Falls Tribune Tweet this news
Great Falls Tribune--He served in the -Air Force- from 1951-1973. During his military career, he was stationed at -French- Morocco, Texas, Germany, Washington state, Turkey and then ... - Date : Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:10:15 GMT+00:00
Work starts on new $24.5m French school - Canada.com Tweet this news
Canada.com--The ability to provide a -French- education to -Air Force- families that have to frequently move around the country is critical to being able to support those ... - Date : Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:18:21 GMT+00:00
Airbus silent on Pentagon bid partners - Times Online Tweet this news
Times Online--Mr Gallois said that he did not know what the talks with France would lead to but speculated that it could include allowing the -French Air Force- to rent the ... - Date : Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:58:19 GMT+00:00

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Aircraft of the French Air Force

Aerial refueling and Transport aircraftTBM-700 - Falcon 900 - A310 - A319 - A340 - Sentry - KC-135 - CN-235 - Transall - C-130 - A400M
Helicopter and Surface-to-air missileFennec - Cougar - Puma - Gazelle - Crotale - Mistral
Fighter aircraftMirage IV - Mirage F1 - Jaguar - Alpha Jet - Mirage 2000 - Rafale



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