List of active military aircraft of the French Armed Forces
Appearance
The following is a list of military aircraft currently in service in the three main branches of the French Armed Forces: French Army, French Navy, and French Air and Space Force.[1][2]
Air Force
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Navy
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Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service[3] | Notes |
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Combat aircraft | |||||
Dassault Rafale | France | Multirole | M | 41[3] | 12 on order[3] |
AWACS | |||||
Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye | United States | AEW&C | 3[3] | 3 on order[3] | |
Maritime patrol | |||||
Bréguet 1150 Atlantic | France | ASW / Maritime patrol | 22[3] | ||
Dassault Falcon 20 | France | Maritime patrol | 5[3] | ||
Dassault Falcon 50 | France | Maritime patrol | 8[3] | ||
Dassault Falcon 2000 | France | Maritime patrol | 12 on order[3] | ||
Transport | |||||
Embraer EMB 121 Xingu | Brazil | Transport | 10[3] | ||
Dassault Falcon 10 | France | Transport | 6[3] | ||
Helicopter | |||||
NHIndustries NH90 | Europe | ASW / SAR | 27[3] | ||
Airbus H160M Guépard | Europe | ASuW / SAR | 4[3] | 49 on order[3] | |
Eurocopter AS565 Panther | Europe | Utility | 38[3] |
Army
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Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service[3] | Notes |
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Helicopter | |||||
Eurocopter Tiger | Europe | Attack | 69[3] | ||
NHIndustries NH90 | Europe | Utility | 58[3] | 15 on order[3] | |
Airbus H225M | Europe | Utility | 8[3] | ||
Airbus Helicopters H160 | Europe | Utility | 0[3] | 80 on order[3] | |
Eurocopter AS532 Cougar | Europe | Utility | 25[3] | ||
Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma | France | Utility | 17[3] | ||
Aérospatiale Gazelle | France | Utility | 106[3] | ||
Transport | |||||
Pilatus PC-6 Porter | Switzerland | Transport | 5[3] | ||
Socata TBM 700 | France | Transport | 9[3] | ||
Trainer aircraft | |||||
Eurocopter AS555 Fennec | Europe | Rotorcraft trainer | 17[3] |
References
[edit]- ^ "PROJET DE LOI relatif à la programmation militaire pour les années 2024 à 2030 et portant diverses dispositions intéressant la défense" (PDF). 10 July 2023.
- ^ "Chiffres clés de la Défense 2021" (PDF). January 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm "World Air Forces 2024". Flightglobal. 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "Pentagon notifies Congress of potential French MQ-9 Reaper buy" Archived 4 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Flightglobal.com, 28 June 2013