Following on India's MMRCA win, Rafale on the verge of winning UAE fighter deal?
Has Dassault won a 60 jet deal with the UAE? French newspaper La Tribune reported on Feb. 2, 2012, that France could be on the verge of winning a long-awaited $10billion 60 jet deal with the United...
View ArticlePhoto report: French Mirage 2000s and Italian Typhoons at Grosseto airbase
Taken at Grosseto airbase by Alessandro Fucito, the following pictures show the two French Air Force Mirage 2000s that paid a visit to the local-based 4° Stormo’s Eurofighter Typhoons on Apr. 12....
View ArticleLibyan Air force to be re-equipped with Rafale and Typhoon multi-role...
Quoting the Libyan Air Force Chief of Staff Saqr Geroushi a recent article by the Libyan Herald reported that proposals have been drawn up to re-equip Tripoli’s dilapidated fleet with a special...
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Mali Air War: Aerial Refueling Operations
Although it’s in French language, the following video released by the French MoD is quite interesting as it shows the FAF C-135FR refueling ops from N’Djamena, Chad. The French tanker are quite similar...
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Italy’s Boeing KC-767 tanker conducts collective aerial refueling...
Beginning on Sept. 5, Swedish SAAB Gripen deployed to Decimomannu airbase, in Sardinia, and French Rafale and Mirage 2000 aircraft, operating from Istres, France, conducted flying activity aimed at...
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NATO Tiger Meet 2014’s most fancy combat planes
NATO Tiger Meet is an annual exercise that gathers squadrons sporting Tiger (or feline) emblems. Planes that attend it, usually get painted in tiger outfits. As happened during 2014 edition in Germany....
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French Air Force celebrates 50th Anniversary of Strategic Air Forces with...
Armée de l’air celebrated the 50th anniversary of the FAS (forces aériennes stratégiques) with three special colored planes. On Oct. 3, with a ceremony held at Istres airbase, the French Air Force...
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U.S. Navy Super Hornet refuels French Rafale and Super Etendard jets over USS...
F/A-18E Super Hornet serves as aerial refueler for French combat planes operating from Charles De Gaulle aircraft carrier. The images in this post were taken on Mar. 9 over the Persian Gulf (or...
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These Unique Photographs Show Some of The Coolest Radom Airshow 2015...
Have a look at these cool shots The images in this post were taken at night after the Radom airshow 2015 had ended. The author of the images, Wojciech Mazurkiewicz, working as a member of the Radom...
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A dozen French Air Force jets conducted massive air strikes against ISIS...
France strikes back with Rafale and Mirage 2000 jets. According to the French MoD (Ministry of Defense), a dozen French aircraft conducted air strikes against ISIS targets located in Raqqa, Syria on...
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Report Released on French Rafale Passenger’s Accidental Ejection Reveals Both...
Civilian Passenger on Incentive Flight Accidentally Ejected Himself, Report Says. You may recall an unusual incident from Mar. 20, 2019, when a civilian passenger riding in a two-seat Armée de l’Air...
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Rafale’s Sonic Boom During Intercept Shakes Paris, Disrupts French Open...
A loud bang was heard as a French Rafale flew at supersonic speed while responding to a COMLOSS (Communication Loss) event. An almost routine intercept by a French Air Force Rafale made the news on...
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Greek Media Outlets Claim Six F-35s Originally Destined to Turkey May End Up...
Greek media outlets report that the U.S. will divert to Greece six F-35s originally built by Lockheed Martin for Turkey. Although the details are still pretty fuzzy, Greek social media went abuzz...
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The French Air Force Is Testing The New Rafale F4-1 Standard
The new F4-1 standard will upgrade the Rafale capabilities introduced with the F3-R standard, as well as adding some new important ones. The French Directorate General for Armaments (DGA) announced...
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Indonesia Buys 42 Rafale Fighter Jets And F-15IDs Might Join Them Soon
The TNI AU is looking to overhaul its variegated aircraft fleet, currently made of F-16s, Su-27s, Su-30 and Hawk light fighters/trainers. Indonesia and France signed a deal for 42 latest-generation...
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