Tag: Armée de l’Air
ATAC Mirage F1 inventory represents the single largest common fleet of privately-owned ADAIR aircraft in the world. Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC)
has received all 63 refurbished Mirage F1s. As previously reported, the company had bought 63 ex-French Mirage F1 fighters for 21 million euros in 2017.
The 64-year-old passenger aboard the Rafale B, who is not a member of French Armed Forces, was thrown off the runway and suffered serious injuries, including back injuries. On Mar. 20, 2019 an unusual accident took place while an Armée de l’Air (French Air Force) Rafale B fighter was taking off from...
Rafale F4 will include better radar and sensors plus the integration of the Mica NG air-to-air missile and 1,000-kg AASM Air-to-Ground Modular Weapon Dassault received the green light to develop the F4-standard for the Rafale fighter when Florence Parly, French Minister of the Armed Forces, paid a visit to its Mérignac plant...
“I flew over the town real low to kind of tell them that ‘we are here and stay away’. I then started to talk to the crews about injuries. At that point, the CSAR crews checked in,” Capt. Mike ‘Papa’ Roach, A-10 pilot How four A-10 Warthogs deterred any threat from getting close to an ejected French Mirage 2000D aircrew. On...
A witness said the noise from the impact was louder than the noise of the Mirage 2000D fighter bombers flying overhead Two workers at the Faurecia automobile parts factory in Nogent-sur-Vernisson were injured on Apr. 10 when an inert bomb fell off from a Mirage 2000D fighter bomber. The incident took place at around 3:20pm local time and a witness said...
France will receive a total of four Super Hercules aircraft, two C-130J-30 combat delivery airlifters and two KC-130J aerial refuelers On Jan. 15, 2018 Florence Parly, France's minister of the Armed Forces, officially welcomed the country's first C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to the Armée de l'Air's 62st Transport Wing with a ceremony at Orléans-Bricy Air Base. According to a company news...
The Mirage 2000N crashed into the airport wall next to the Ministry of Public Works. The crew members were able to eject from the aircraft, even if one of them would be slightly injured As reported by Sunnewsonline.com an Armée de l’Air (French Air Force) Mirage 2000N fighter bomber caught fire and crashed just after take-off from the airport of...
Between 30 and 45 Mirage F1 fighters will be refurbished to fly again as adversaries against U.S. military aircraft As it was reported last month by several media outlets American company Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC) had bought 63 ex-French Mirage F1 fighters for 21 million euros. Between 30 and 45 aircraft will be refurbished to fly again as adversaries against...
The Patrouille de France is the oldest formal flying aerobatic team having originated in 1931, 15 years before the Blue Angels On Apr. 15, 2017, the Patrouille de France, Armée de l’Air (French Air Force) aerobatic jet team, held an air show at Mather Airport, Sacramento, as part of their 2017 tour of the U.S. The Patrouille de France is the...
In the future the Dassault Rafale F4 airframe will be upgraded with low-observability modifications which will made the aircraft able to old its own against future fighters As reported by Defense Update, Dassault will soon begin a six-year development phase of the next-generation Rafale. Noteworthy the development of the new aircraft, which is designated Rafale F4, is aimed to satisfy the...
