Amazing French Air and Space Force.
The first volunteers of the Luftwaffe arrived at the Nörvenich Air Base in January 1956. In the same year, the Luftwaffe was given with its first aircraft, the US-made Republic F-84 Thunderstreak. At first, the Luftwaffe was divided into two operational commands, one in Northern Germany, aligned with the British-led Second Allied Tactical Air Force, and the other in Southern Germany, aligned with the American-led Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force.
In the beginning Establishment of the Service Aéronautique The founding of the Service Aéronautique began in 1909, when the French War Minister approved the purchase of a Wright Biplane. The following year, another Wright biplane, a Bleriot, and two Farmans were added to the lone acquisition. On 22 October 1910, General Pierre Roques was appointed Inspector General of what was becoming referred to as the Cinquieme Arme, or Fifth Service.[6] In March 1912, the French parliament enacted legislation to establish the air arm. It was projected to consist of three distinct branches based on aircraft missions—reconnaissance, bombing, or countering other aircraft
France rebuilt its aircraft industry. The French Air Force participated in several colonial wars during the Empire such as French Indochina after the Second World War. Since 1945, the French Air Force was notably engaged in Indochina (1945–1954). The French Air Force was active in Algeria from 1952 until 1962 and Suez (1956), later Mauritania and Chad, the Persian Gulf (1990–1991), ex-Yugoslavia and more recently in Afghanistan, Mali and Iraq. From 1964 until 1971 the French Air Force had the unique responsibility for the French nuclear arm via Dassault Mirage IV or ballistic missiles of Air Base 200 Apt-Saint-Christol on the Plateau d'Albion.
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| Founded | 2 July 1934; 89 years ago |
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| Type | Air and space force |
| Role | Aerial and space warfare |
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| Part of | French Armed Forces |
| Garrison/HQ | Hexagone Balard, Paris |
| Colours | Blue, white, red |
| Anniversaries | 2 July |
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| Website | www |
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| Chief of the Armed Forces | President Emmanuel Macron |
| Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force | Général d'armée aérienne Stéphane Mille [fr] |
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Current aircraft French Air and Space Force "ALAT"
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Since the end of the Algerian War, the French Air and Space Force has comprised about 17 to 19% of the French Armed Forces.[6In 1990, at the end of the Cold War, numbers reached 56,400 military personnel under contract, out of which 36,300 were part of conscription and 5,400 civilians.
In 2008, forecasts for personnel of the French Air Force were expected to number 50,000 out of which 44,000 aviators on the horizon in 2014.
In 2010, the number personnel of the French Air Force was reduced to 51,100 men and women (20%) out of which: 13% officers; 55% sous-officier; 29% air military technicians (MTA); 3% volunteers of national service and aspirant volunteers; 6,500 civilians (14%). They form several functions:.
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The Vickers VC10 is a mid-sized, narrow-body long-range British jet airliner.
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| Role | Strike fighter |
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| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | Dassault-Breguet |
| First flight | 28 October 1974 |
| Introduction | June 1978 |
| Retired | July 2016 (French Navy) |
| Primary users | French Naval Aviation (historical) Argentine Naval Aviation (historical) Iraqi Air Force (historical) |
| Produced | 1974–1983 |
| Number built | 85 |
| Developed from | Dassault Étendard IV |
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