#Armee De L'air

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French Air Force Alpha Jet at RAFNortholt

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Armee de l'Air Dassault Mirage 4000

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#onthisday in 1940 Dewoitine D.520s of the Armee de l'Air were in action for the first time when aircraft from Groupe de Chasse 1/3 claim three German aircraft for no loss.

Classicwarbirds via X

[pinturasdeguerra-1945-1985]

1948 Bell P-63C Kingcobra - box art Toko

Bell P-63C "Kingcobra" FIGHTER In 1941 the society "Bell" has begun to develop on the basis of the plane "P-39" a new plane for more stronger motor and with improved aerodynamics. This plane version had a little greater overall dimensions and the wing with a laminar profile. Due to the fact that the new motor has not been finished the first prototypes made flights with the motor "Alison" V1710-4 7. The flight tests continued till 1944. In summer 1944 the plane has been denominated "Kingcobra". At the end of the World War II the new planes begin to enter for the armoury of the restored military air forces of France (Armee de l'Air). The first five planes have been adopted to the armament on the 26 of July 1945. A part of mahines has been at once sent to lndo-China to be assembled at place. In Vietnam P- 63C "Kingcobra" had a good reputation. The fighters P-63C of the group "Auvergne", "lie de France", "Normandie-Niemen" and "Limousin" acted as the planes of a direct support in the battles against the army of Viet Minh. "Kingcobra" took part in all the operations without yielding to "Spitfires". The career of P-63 in the french military air forces was shortened by the absence of spare parts. At the end of 1950 "Kingcobra" began to be replaced by "Hellcats" and 1951 by "Bircats". The planes "Kingcobra" were adopted in the fighters groups (GC) 1/5 "Vendee", 11/5 "lie de France", 11/6 "Normandie­Niemen",111/6 "Russillion", 1/9 "Limousin" an0 11 /9 "Auvergne". "Kingcobra" could carry three bombs of 227 kg under the wing and fuselage.

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Armee de l'air on their way.

Armee de l'air on their way.

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Mirage 2000 (2013) by Ismael Jordá Via Flickr: TLP 2013 - www.ismaeljorda.com - Nikon D800 + 300VRII @ 1/640 f5 Iso100 -------------------------------------- 🔴 El Mirage 2000 francés descansando en plataforma después del periodo de vuelos de la mañana. 🔵 Mirage 2000 resting on the apron after the morning flight.

[j-r-macready]

Mirage 2000D 623 by David ilott Via Flickr: Mirage 2000D 623/3-IB at Dijon-Longvic in June 2003.

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Dassault Rafales

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Shoot du Meeting: Le temps des Hélices

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Show aérien de la patrouille de France, au dessus de l'Arc de Triomphe, des Champs-Élysées, de la place de la Concorde puis du jardin des tuileries et de la pyramide du Louvre, à l'occasion de la fête nationale du 14 juillet 2017 ✈️ 🇫🇷

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McDonnell-Douglas TF-15A Eagle 71-0291 (2) by Wing attack Plan R Via Flickr: F-15B-4-MC. C.N. 0012/B002. 291 wearing Bicentennial red/white/blue colors for 1976. Photo Credit's: Unknown to me (Reprint). Taken at the Farnborough Air Show, September 1976. Short 291 history; -Assigned to the combined McD-D/USAF F-15 Joint Test Force at Edwards AFB, May 74 to Apr 75. The aircraft was used for the development of the FAST pack (conformal fuel tanks). -To Europe for a demonstration tour Sep 74. Displayed at Farnborough Air Show Sep 74. -Bailed February 1976 to McDonnell-Douglas as demonstrator and test aircraft. -Painted in 1976 with special bicentennial markings involved in an extensive around-the-world sales tour, Sep 76. -Displayed at Farnborough Air Show Sep 76. Redesignated Dec 1, 1977 as the F-15B -Converted 1979 to the Hughes/McDD private venture F-15E Strike Eagle prototype; a program that was initially known as the F-15DRF (Duel Role Fighter). The aircraft was to be equipped with an APG-63 ground mapping radar, a (partial) glass cockpit and FAST packs. First flight Jul 8, 1980. -To Europe for a demonstration tour Sep 1980. Displayed at Farnborough Air Show Sep 1980 -An official USAF program started in March 1981 and was known as the ETF (Enhanced Tactical Fighter), which was to replace the F-111. This competition ended in a fly-off between the Strike Eagle and the F-16XL. The aircraft was deployed to Edwards AFB to join the evaluation program; testing was also conducted from Eglin AFB. -On 24 February 1984, the Strike Eagle was declared the winner of the competition. -In the late 1980s, 71-0291 was involved in the integration of the LANTIRN pod and the F-15E weapons system. -In May 1991 the aircraft was inscribed ‘F-15RTD Peek Eagle’. This was a private McD-D venture; the aircraft was fitted and tested with a centerline pod with reconnaissance equipment and a data link. -71-0291 was last noted in active service in June 1992, although the aircraft still was on Boeing charge in May 1999. The airframe was noted in a compound on the corner of Marchbank Road and Macon, outside the Warner-Robins ALC, Robins AFB, GA in August 2001. Used as a BDRT at Robins AFB. -To the Alsalam Aircraft Co, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 6 November 2002. It was possibly used for some time as a GIA again but eventually restored and painted into RSAF markings for the RSAF museum at Riyadh. Marked with serial ‘1315’ This aircraft has sported French cockades in 1976 during visit of some members of the Armee de l'Air. source:(joebaugher.com)

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Militaire

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Mirage 2000D

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RAFALE!

Dassault rafale C /B /M

I started out really disliking this jet at first, then i warmed up to it. I still think some angles are subpar but some others are gorgeous, like the 6th picture or the first .

The black livery, here on a rafale testing harsh environmental conditions (namely cold and snow, in Switzerland) is extremely cool! I like the gold film on the cockpit glass, it gives of a cool effect.

This plane is slowly replacing every single jet the french army has. For the navy (marine nationale) it's already done, it's their only jet.

The armee de l'air still has some Mirage 2000 flying today, however it is rarer and rarer to see them in the air.

Last pic is the only current french aircraft carrier, with its full loadout exposed on the flight deck.

[skyfire85]

-North American Aviation YF-95A Sabre (s/n 50-577). | Photo: U.S. Air Force

FLIGHTLINE: 143 - NORTH AMERICAN YF-95 SABRE DOG

Developed from the F-86 Sabre, the YF-95 was an interceptor/night fighter, the first single engine/single crew aircraft of this type in the USAF.

The North American F-86 Sabre was designed in the late 1940s for the USAAF/USAF as the first swept-wing fighter, serving with distinction in Korea. With the USAF desiring a radar-equipped interceptor variant, North American hastily modified two F-86 airframes with a new nose and external reheat device in place of the expected afterburner equipped J47-GE-17. Though based on the F-86, the new planes had only a 25% commonality with their forbearers, and were redesignated YF-95A (s/n 50-577 and -578). The first aircraft was rolled out of NAA Inglewood plant in September 1949, and in late November it was transported to Edwards AFB for testing. No radar or armaments were fitted during the flight test program.

-The first YF-95A at the North American Aviation flight line, Los Angeles International Airport. Photo: North American Aviation, Inc.

The USAF revised the designation during the test program, and the YF-95A became the YF-86D, with the production aircraft becoming F-86D Sabre Dogs. The F-86D was larger than the F-86A-C, with a longer engine, and the all-flying horizontal stabilizer was enlarged. The new nose featured a radome containing the AN/APG-36 radar, and the six .50 Browning machine guns were removed, with a retractable tray of 24 70mm Mighty Mouse FFAR being added to the fuselage behind the nose landing gear. The sliding canopy of the F-86A was replaced by a clamshell-type in the F-86D.

-An F-86D firing a Mighty Mouse rocket. The fire control could be set to fire the rockets in salvos of 6, 12, and 24. | Photo: USAF

SABRE DOG, SABREDOG, DOG SABRE.

The F-86D proved to be 50mph faster than the F-89 or F-94, two other interceptors of the same period, though the F-89 was more heavily armed, and both of the latter aircraft had two crew, which reduced pilot workload. From a standing start, the interceptor could climb to 40,000' in 5 minutes, 54 seconds with a full combat load, and the max service ceiling was 54,000 feet. Depending on the engine and loadout, the F-86D had a max speed of Mach 0.93, but a max range of only 330 miles (F-86s were not equipped for aerial refueling). Production of the F-86D ended in September 1953, with 2,506 aircraft completed. Sabre Dogs comprised fully two-thirds of the Air Defense Command's interceptor squadrons. After their service with the USAF ended in the late 1950s and early 1960s, many F-86Ds found their way in the air forces of Denmark, Greece, Japan, South Korea, The Philippines, Taiwan and (strangely enough) Yugoslavia, which saw a souring of relations with the USSR in 1948, and engaged in a rapprochement with the west that lasted until 1960s.

-An F-86D-35-NA of the 525th FIS at Bitburg, Germany in 1954. | Photo: USAF

PROJECT FOLLOW-ON

In the mid-1950s, a conversion project for a number of low-airframe time F-86D was undertaken to allow the Sabre Dogs to act under the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system, the first computerized ground control and intercept system. Under Project FOLLOW-ON, 2192 conversion kits (later scaled back to 981) were ordered, which consisted of the larger wings of an F-86F-40, which had extensions to the wingtips and leading edges as well as slats, all of which improved the aircraft's maneuverability at altitude. The kits also included the new avionics which allowed the aircraft to interlink with SAGE, including an AN/ARR-39 datalink receiver, which also added a new antenna to the fuselage ahead of the starboard wing, an AN/ARC-34 radio set, an AN/APX-25 identification radar and an AN/ARN-31 glide slope receiver. The existing engines, either a J47-GE-33 or J47-GE-17B was retained, as was the retractable FFAR tray. The first flight of a completely upgraded F-86L was in May 1956, and the 317th FIS at McChord AFB received their first planes in November. The service life of F-86Ls in the ADC was short, as they were already being phased out in favor of the F-102 and F-106 by 1957. By 1960, all F-86Ls had been transferred to the Air National Guard. Six ANG squadrons were placed on alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, and by the summer of 1965 all of the F-86Ls were withdrawn from ANG service as well. Seventeen to twenty L model were supplied to the Royal Thai Air Force, which served with the Number 12 Squadron at Don Maung Airport until 1976.

-F-86Ls of the 182nd FIS, Texas Air Guard, in 1959. | Photo: USAF

-A preserved F-86L at the -North American Aviation YF-95A Sabre (s/n 50-577). | Photo: U.S. Air Force

EUROPEAN DOGS

NATO forces saw an urgent need for a high-speed interceptor to counter a feared Soviet bomber fleet, and the F-86D was the logical choice. The USAF feared the advanced Hughes E-4 fire-control falling into enemy hand in case of an accident, and proposed a downgraded version instead, swapping the E-4 for the simpler MG-4, which also involved removing the FFAR tray and replacing it with four 20mm cannon. On 16 May 1953 a license was signed with Fiat under which North American would supply components for aircraft to be assembled in Italy. These F-86Ks would be flown by the French Armee de l'Air, as well as the reconstituted air forces of West Germany and Italy. A further contract signed on 18 December saw 120 F-86Ks being built by NAA for the air forces of the Netherlands and Norway. The cannon armaments were later supplemented with launch rails for two or four AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. F-86Ks were retired by Italy and West Germany in the middle 1960s, replaced by the Lockheed F-104. The Italian Sabres were overhauled by Fiat and passed on to the Turkish Air Force, who used them until 1969. The German F-86s, meanwhile, were sold to Venezuela who had difficulties operating the plane, and most were grounded in 1969 after a series of accidents. At least five of the aircraft were sold to the air force of Honduras, which retired them in 1980.

-An F-86K of the Royal Norwegian Air Force. Photo: Cato Edvardsen

-An F-86K from Jagdgeschwader 74 of the West German Luftwaffe in 1965. This aircraft was later sold to Venezuela. | Photo: German Federal Archive

-A preserved F-86K in the markings of the Italian Air Force. | Photo: Aldo Bidini