Armée de l’Air

“I didn’t think anything like this could exist”: the hair-raising low level attack on Ahmad al-Jaber airfield conducted by l’Armée de L’Air Jaguars the first day of Operation Desert Storm

“I didn’t think anything like this could exist”: the hair-raising low level attack on Ahmad al-Jaber airfield conducted by l’Armée de L’Air Jaguars the first day of Operation Desert Storm

“I didn’t think anything like this could exist. The intensity of the response coming from the ground was incredible,” l’Armée… Read More

2 years ago

The Libyan MiG-23 pilot that fled to a Greek WW II airfield and all the skirmishes between Gaddafi’s fighters and US and French reconnaissance aircraft until early 1981

MiG-23 pilot Hazem al-Bajigni subsequently found himself accused of intending to steal a C-130 transport and fly the plotters out… Read More

3 years ago

Draken International First Mirage F1M Performs Maiden Flight

Draken International unveiled Mirage F1 574 in her new, striking paint scheme last month. Taken on Nov. 22, 2019 three… Read More

4 years ago

Patrouille de France Alpha Jet Crash-Lands during Airshow Rehearsal

The Patrouille de France Alpha Jet crash landed on a road near Perpignan-Rivesaltes airport, in the south of France. On… Read More

4 years ago

ATAC took delivery of all 63 refurbished Mirage F1s

ATAC Mirage F1 inventory represents the single largest common fleet of privately-owned ADAIR aircraft in the world. Airborne Tactical Advantage… Read More

5 years ago

Passenger accidentally ejected from French Rafale B fighter jet

The 64-year-old passenger aboard the Rafale B, who is not a member of French Armed Forces, was thrown off the… Read More

5 years ago

France to purchase Rafale F4

Rafale F4 will include better radar and sensors plus the integration of the Mica NG air-to-air missile and 1,000-kg AASM… Read More

5 years ago

The unknown story of an A-10 Sandy mission flown during OEF to cover an ejected Mirage 2000D aircrew

“I flew over the town real low to kind of tell them that ‘we are here and stay away’. I… Read More

6 years ago

Two injured after inert bomb falls off from Mirage 2000D

A witness said the noise from the impact was louder than the noise of the Mirage 2000D fighter bombers flying… Read More

6 years ago

ARMÉE DE L’AIR WELCOMES FIRST C-130J SUPER HERCULES

France will receive a total of four Super Hercules aircraft, two C-130J-30 combat delivery airlifters and two KC-130J aerial refuelers… Read More

6 years ago

FRENCH AIR FORCE MIRAGE 2000N FIGHTER BOMBER CRASHES IN CHAD

The Mirage 2000N crashed into the airport wall next to the Ministry of Public Works. The crew members were able… Read More

6 years ago

ATAC HAS BOUGHT 63 MIRAGE F1 FIGHTER JETS

Between 30 and 45 Mirage F1 fighters will be refurbished to fly again as adversaries against U.S. military aircraft As… Read More

6 years ago

A QUICK LOOK AT PATROUILLE DE FRANCE AIR SHOW IN SACRAMENTO

The Patrouille de France is the oldest formal flying aerobatic team having originated in 1931, 15 years before the Blue… Read More

7 years ago

DASSAULT TO DEVELOP NEXT GENERATION RAFALE

In the future the Dassault Rafale F4 airframe will be upgraded with low-observability modifications which will made the aircraft able… Read More

7 years ago

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS TO HOST F-22s, F-35s, EUROFIGHTERs AND RAFALEs FOR SECOND TRILATERAL EXERCISE

Ex. Atlantic Trident 2017 will feature USAF F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II, the RAF Eurofighter Typhoon, and the FAF… Read More

7 years ago

BRITISH, FRENCH AND SPANISH FIGHTERS SCRAMBLED TO INTERCEPT TWO RUSSIAN Tu-160 BLACKJACK STRATEGIC BOMBERS FLYING IN THE UK’s AREA OF INTEREST

Even though the Russian aircraft did not violate British territorial airspace, the RAF fighters were scrambled to monitor the Blackjacks… Read More

7 years ago

GORGEOUS VIDEO SHOWS LAST FRENCH AIR FORCE MIRAGE F1 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT IN ACTION SHORTLY BEFORE THEIR RETIREMENT

The F1 was different from previous Mirages since it featured a conventional swept wing and tail surfaces instead of the… Read More

7 years ago