Bastille Day
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I know some aircraft here are civvies and from allies but (unless my adding up is Bobbins!) they have more aircraft than the RAF's flypast last year for the 100th - for Bastille day
seems wrong somehow!
Aircraft parade
Patrouille de France
- 9 AlphaJets (with the french colours red, white, blue)
Permanent posture of European security
- 1 E-3F AWACS (EDCA 00.036)
- 2 M2000-5 (2e escadre de Chasse)
- 1 Typhoon (Spain)
- 1 Typhoon (United Kingdom)
Opération Chammal (the fight against IS/ISIS/DAECH in Syria/Iraq)
- 1 C-135F (GRV 2/91 Bretagne)
- 1 Rafale C (30e escadre de Chasse)
- 1 Rafale B (4e escadre de Chasse)
- 1 Tornado (Germany)
- 1 F-16 (the Netherlands)
- 2 Rafale B (4e escadre de Chasse)
- 1 F-16 (Belgium)
Opération Barkhane (the fight against IS/ISIS/DAECH in central Africa)
- 3 M2000 D (3e escadre de Chasse)
- 2 M2000 C (2e escadre de Chasse)
Nuclear Deterrence
- 1 Airbus A330 (Phenix)
- 2 M2000-5 (2e escadre de Chasse)
- 4 Rafale (4e escadre de Chasse)
Preparation for the future
- 2 Rafale B (ETR 3/4 Aquitaine)
- 2 Alphajet (Ee 3/8 Côte d’Or)
- 1 Fokker 100 (DGA-CEV, first appearance)
Returned from deployment/ upgrade to standard F3R
- 4 Rafale M (Marine Nationale)
Training formation
- 2 Alphajet (EAC)
- 2 PC21 (EPAA, first appearance)
- 3 TB30 EPSILON (EPAA, last appearance)
Support flight
- 1 FALCON (ET 60 )
- 1 CN-235 CASA (ET 64 )
- 1 Atlantique 2 (Marine National)
- 1 Falcon 50 M (Marine National)
Operational commitment
- 1 A400M (61e Escadre)
- 1 C-160 H FS
- 1 CASA CN-235 (portugal)
European Cooperation
- 1 C-130J (ET 2/61 Franche-Comté)
- 1 C-130 (Spain)
- 1 A400M (Atlas, Germany)
Intel
- 1 C-160 Transall Gabriel
Sécurité civile
- 1 Canadair CL415
- 2 Dash Q400 MR
Helicopter parade
Attack Helicopters
- 1 Gazelle HF-v
- 2 Tigre
- 1 Tigre (Spain)
- 1 Tigre (Germany)
Assault helicopters
- 2 NH90 Caïman
- 2 Cougar
- 1 NH90 Caïman (Spain)
- 1 NH90 Caïman (Germany)
- 2 CH-47 (United Kingdom)
Special Forces
- 1 Tigre HAP
- 1 Gazelle
- 1 Cougar
IMEX Module
- 1 Puma PC
- 1 Tigre
- 1 Cougar
French-German helicopter school (EFA)
- 1 Tigre
- 1 Tigre (Spain)
- 1 Tigre (Germany)
Joint NH90 training centre (CFIA NH90)
- 1 NH90 Caïman
- 1 NH90 Caïman (Spain)
- 1 NH90 Caïman (Germany)
Territory protection and external intervention
- 1 Caracal (1/67 Pyrénées )
- 2 Fennec (3/67 Parisis )
Naval Combat and Rescue
- 1 NH90 Caïman (31F)
- 1 Panther
- 2 Lynx
- 2 Dauphin ESHE
Gendarmerie nationale
- 1 EC145
- 2 EC135
Sécurité civile
- 2 EC145