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Air Force Parachute Training Center 51.566 (C.A.S.V. 51.566 Le Centre Air de Saut en Vol), based at Orléans – Bricy Air Base; Operational Training Center for Air Force [Land] Combatants (Centre de Préparation Opérationnel des Combattants de l'Armée de l'air (CPOCAA)) – training unit for the CPA 10 and 30, based at Orange-Caritat Air Base
It was in this aircraft that the squadron was engaged during the Suez Crisis in 1956. Notably, it became the first unit of the French Air Force to deploy an indigenous Mach-2 fighter, the new Mirage IIIC, on 7 July 1961. [6] In 1968 these were replaced by Mirage IIIEs. In 1984, the "Storks" transitioned to the Dassault Mirage 2000C. On ...
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January 14 – At the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California, a U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command B-58 Hustler sets a new world speed record for a flight carrying a 2,000-kilogram (4,409-pound) payload over a 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) course, averaging 1,284.73 mph (2,067.57 km/h).
The Escadron de Chasse 2/4 Lafayette (Fighter Squadron 2/4 La Fayette) is a squadron of the French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace). It is currently stationed at BA 113 Saint-Dizier – Robinson Air Base (ICAO: LFSI), and is equipped with the Dassault Rafale C. [1] The squadron has a long history dating back to the First World War, and has seen service in the Second World ...
A plane flies overhead five days after a fighter jet crashed and exploded in a Midwest City neighborhood on Aug. 25, 1961. The burned out shell of the Tuttle family house is shown, where a mother ...
Nieuport 28. France has used many military aircraft both in the French Air and Space Force, and other branches of its armed forces.Multiple aircraft were designed and built in France, but many aircraft from elsewhere, or part of joint ventures have been used as well.
The 3/3 conducted the last flight on Mirage IIIE of the French Air Force on March 12, 1993. The three squadrons of the « 3 » evolved towards their actual aircraft, the Mirage 2000D. Towards the end (provisionary) of the new Escadre of the French Air Force, the 3 e Escadre was dissolved on June 23, 1995.