French Air Force

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The French Air Force, officially the Armée Royale de l'Air (French: Royal Army of the Air), is the air force branch of the French armed forces. Formed in 1909, it is the oldest air force in the world.

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[edit] Bases

  • BA101 Toulouse-Francazal
  • BA102 Dijon-Longvic
  • BA103 Cambrai-Epinoy
  • BA104 Le Bourget
  • BA105 Évreux-Fauville
  • BA106 Bordeaux-Mérignac
  • BA107 Vélizy-Villacoublay
  • BA110 Creil
  • BA112 Reims-Champagne
  • BA113 St Dizier-Robinson
  • BA114 Aix-Les-Milles
  • BA115 Orange-Caritat
  • BA116 Luxeuil-St Sauveur
  • BA117 Paris
  • BA118 Mont-de-Marsan
  • BA120 Cazaux
  • BA123 Orléans-Bricy
  • BA124 Strasbourg-Entzheim
  • BA125 Istres-Le Tubé
  • BA126 Solenzara
  • BA128 Metz-Frescaty
  • BA132 Colmar-Meyenheim
  • BA133 Nancy-Ochey
  • BA188 Djibouti-Ambouli
  • BA190 Tahiti-Faaa (French Polynesia)
  • BA200 Apt-St Christol
  • BA203 Bordeaux-Cenon
  • BA217 Brétigny sur Orge (CEV)
  • BA273 Romorantin-Pruniers
  • BA274 Limoges
  • BA277 Varennes sur Allier
  • BA278 Ambérieu-en-Bugey
  • BA279 Châteaudun
  • BA551 Toul-Thouvenot
  • BA552 Compiègne
  • BA701 Salon-de-Provence
  • BA702 Avord
  • BA705 Tours-St Symphorien
  • BA709 Cognac-Châteaubernard
  • BA721 Rochefort-St Agnant
  • BA722 Saintes-Thénac
  • BA725 Chambéry-Les bains
  • BA749 Grenoble
  • BA901 Drachenbronn
  • BA902 Contrexeville
  • BA921 Taverny
  • BA922 Doullens
  • BA942 Lyon-Mont Verdun
  • BA943 Nice-Mont Agel
  • DA115 Narbonne
  • DA136 Toul-Rosières
  • DA160 Dakar-Yof (Sénégal)
  • DA279 Chartres
  • Cayenne-Rochambeau (French Guyana)
  • CEV Melun-Villaroche
  • BA365 Lamentin (Martinique)
  • Roissy
  • St Denis (Réunion)

[edit] Units

  • Surveillance and Communications Command (CASSIC)
  • Strategic Air Command (CFAS)
  • Tactical Air Command

[edit] Aircraft inventory

[edit] Fighters

  • 60 squadrons of Dassault Mirage 4000 multirole fighters
    • 5 squadrons of Mirage 2000B two-seat trainers
    • 20 squadrons of Mirage 2000C interceptors
    • 13 squadrons of Mirage 2000D ground attack fighters
    • 13 squadrons of Mirage 2000N nuclear strike fighters
    • 9 squadrons of Mirage 2000-5 Mark 2 multirole fighters
  • 24 squadrons of Dassault Mirage 2000 air superiority fighters
    • 3 squadrons of Mirage F1B two-seat trainers
    • 9 squadrons of Mirage F1CR reconnaissance fighters
    • 12 squadrons of Mirage F1CT ground attack fighters
  • 18 squadrons of Dassault Rafale multirole fighters
    • 9 squadrons of Rafale B (two-seat version)
    • 3 squadrons of Rafale C (single-seat version)
    • 6 squadrons of Rafale M (carrier-borne version)

[edit] Bombers

  • 13 squadrons of Dassault Mirage IV supersonic strategic bombers
  • 1 squadron of Dassault nEUROn stealth bombers

[edit] Transport

[edit] Tactical transports

  • 4 squadrons of CASA CN-235 tactical transports
    • 2 squadrons of CN-235-200
    • 2 squadrons of CN-235-200M
  • 1 squadron of de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter utility transports
  • 3 squadrons of Lockheed C-130 Hercules tactical transports
    • 1 squadron of C-130H
    • 2 squadrons of C-130H-30
  • 4 squadrons of Socata TBM 700 liaison transports
  • 14 squadrons of Airbus A400M tactical transports
    • 6 squadrons of A-400F
    • 2 squadrons of A-400G Gabriel (ELINT)
    • 6 squadrons of A-400NG

[edit] Tanker transports

  • 3 squadrons of Boeing KC-135FR tankers

[edit] VIP transports

  • 9 Airbus A310-300
  • 6 A319 ACJ
  • 6 Airbus A340
  • 9 Dassault Falcon 50
  • 6 Dassault Falcon 900

[edit] Helicopters

  • 6 squadrons of Aérospatiale Puma utility helicopters
  • 2 squadrons of Eurocopter Cougar medium utility helicopters
  • 1 squadron of Eurocopter Ecureuil light utility helicopters
  • 9 squadrons of Eurocopter Fennec light multipurpose helicopters

[edit] Special missions aircraft

  • 1 squadron of Boeing E-3F Sentry AWACS aircraft

[edit] Trainers

  • 21 squadrons of Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet advanced trainers
  • 7 squadrons of Embraer EMB 121 Xingu trainers
  • 10 squadrons of Embraer EMB 312 Tucano basic trainers
  • 3 squadrons of Grob G120A-F trainers
  • 1 squadron of Mudry CAP 10 trainers
  • 19 squadrons of Socata TB 30 Epsilon trainers
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