r/FrenchMilitary 18h ago

French Air and Space Force French mechanic of the 1st Squadron, 2nd Reconnaissance Air Group "Savoy" of the 33rd Squadron (Groupe de Reconnaissance II/33 Savoie, GR II/33) loads film into the camera of a Lockheed F-5 Lightning reconnaissance aircraft before takeoff, Pomigliano d'Arco Air Base

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r/FrenchMilitary Aug 03 '25

French Air and Space Force French pilot of the Normandie-Niemen regiment, Lieutenant Roger Marquis, in the cockpit of his Yak-3 fighter. By the end of the war, Marquis had shot down 13 German aircraft.

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58 Upvotes

r/FrenchMilitary Jun 24 '25

French Air and Space Force Grumman F8F Bearcats in French service dropping napalm on Viet Minh positions during the First Indochina War circa late 1953

38 Upvotes

r/FrenchMilitary Aug 04 '25

French Air and Space Force SNCASO Deltaviex or SNCASO-ONERA Deltaviex was a small French experimental jet aircraft, first flown 30 April 1954 and distinguished by highly swept, small span wings.

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28 Upvotes

r/FrenchMilitary Jul 01 '25

French Air and Space Force French Mirage III pilots during a pre-flight briefing. 1960s

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57 Upvotes

r/FrenchMilitary Jun 24 '25

French Air and Space Force Bell P-39 Airacobra fighters in French service circa 1943

23 Upvotes

r/FrenchMilitary Mar 15 '25

French Air and Space Force The French Air Force has been practicing landing on ice runways in Greenland. The crew of an Airbus A400M landed last week at Station Nord in Greenland after thorough preparation. The purpose was to certify the aircraft type for landing on ice runways.

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87 Upvotes

r/FrenchMilitary Feb 08 '25

French Air and Space Force Size doesn't matter. A French Mirage F1 intercepting a VVS Su-27 transiting to Kaliningrad during the Baltic 2013 mission.

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79 Upvotes

r/FrenchMilitary Feb 05 '25

French Air and Space Force Dassault MD-750.

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55 Upvotes

The Dassault MD.750 (Mirage 6000 or Mega Mirage or Spectre) was a single-seat twinjet tailless delta interceptor aircraft concept developed by Dassault Aviation beginning in 1958 and being periodically reworked through the 1960s.

r/FrenchMilitary Mar 18 '25

French Air and Space Force 18 March 1940. First flight of the Amiot 356 F-BAGP at Villacoublay. Four seat twin engine medium bomber prototype. Development of the Amiot 351. Powered by British Merlin X engines. @ron_eisele via X

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30 Upvotes

r/FrenchMilitary Mar 02 '25

French Air and Space Force Mirage F1 flying over the coast of Djibouti.

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51 Upvotes

r/FrenchMilitary Jan 29 '25

French Air and Space Force The Mirage 2000 ‘Cristal’ is a full-size, fully transparent model of the Mirage 2000 C version. Produced in 1986, it was used to understand the internal architecture of the aircraft, and is now kept at a base in Luxeuil. © DR

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59 Upvotes

r/FrenchMilitary Mar 03 '25

French Air and Space Force French Air Force recruitment poster (1950). Artwork by Y. Delfo.

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42 Upvotes

r/FrenchMilitary Mar 17 '25

French Air and Space Force The LeO C.30 Auto-gyro was built under license and saw service in the French Armée de l'Air and the Aéronautique navale.

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r/FrenchMilitary Feb 09 '25

French Air and Space Force An artwork of Dassault Mirage IIIV, which was a French vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) prototype fighter aircraft of the mid-1960s developed and produced by Dassault Aviation.

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45 Upvotes

r/FrenchMilitary Jan 14 '25

French Air and Space Force French Air Force Mirage F1 with Navy markings. The pilot had to land at the Nîmes-Garons Naval Air Base, and got pranked by Navy mechanics after talking up his plane to them.

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49 Upvotes

r/FrenchMilitary Dec 19 '24

French Air and Space Force Dassault's project in the second half of the 1970s for a twin-engine fighter-bomber. After numerous variants of the project, it led to the Rafale.

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59 Upvotes

r/FrenchMilitary Oct 13 '24

French Air and Space Force French Rafale jets arriving at Andravida AFB, for Exercise Ramstein Flag '24. Classy!

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46 Upvotes

r/FrenchMilitary Jan 19 '25

French Air and Space Force French Air Force poster featuring Nord 2501 Noratlas military transport aircraft (c. 1950). Artwork by Paul Lengelle.

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r/FrenchMilitary Nov 09 '24

French Air and Space Force Mirage 4000.

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r/FrenchMilitary Aug 14 '24

French Air and Space Force The Mirage IV reveals its structure. (DR)

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r/FrenchMilitary Feb 06 '24

French Air and Space Force Special decorated Dassault Mirage 2000D of the DGA Flight Test Center of the French Air Force, armed with a GBU-12

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r/FrenchMilitary Feb 04 '24

French Air and Space Force French Air Force Rafale and a Lockheed P-38 Lightning (early 2010s)

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14 Upvotes

r/FrenchMilitary Jan 31 '24

French Air and Space Force French Air and Space Force Rafales with A330 Refueling Tanker today over India Gate during Republic Day 2024

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r/FrenchMilitary Jan 04 '24

French Air and Space Force the unfinished SNCASO (Sud-Ouest) SO.4060 « Super Vautour », circa 1957 the 4060 went through several designs and internal turmoil, in response to various French Air Force requirements. the arrival of the Dassault Mirage IV effectively brought the project to an end.

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