Hi everyone,
I tend to be quite interested in discussing the details of a scenario where the Entente holds the front near the Franco-Belgian border in 1940 (mostly in other forums).
I was now wondering what the impacts would be for the RAF.
Obviously we may see fewer American aircrafts in...
1940
alternate history
armeéde l'air
battle of france
early 1940s
entente cordiale
french third republic
great britain
kingdom of belgium
luftwaffe
royal air force
third reich
wehrmacht
world war ii
I know we already discussed that in this topic,
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/mirages-i-iii-5-prototypes-projects.36283/
But I want to split this subject in another thread,the tenders of that contest are,
- Nord N-1540,N.1541,N.2540,N.3540,N.3541 & N.5010 Harpon
- SNCASE SE.5020 &...
From the 70s to the end of the Cold War France deployed its own tracked vehicle launched battlefield nuclear missile, Pluton.
A truck and trailer mounted replacement Hades was entering service as the Cold War ended.
In peacetime Pluton and its warheads were stationed in France. However, once a...
air launched cruise missile
armeéde l'air
armée de l'air et de l'espace
armée de terre
cold war
cold war ii
cruise missile
force de dissuasion
france
icbm
irbm
marine nationale
nuclear battlefield
post-cold war
pre-strategic
slbm
sub-strategic nuke
tactical nuke
Alexis Rocher (aka MIRAGE 4000 on SPF), current editor-in-chief of the French monthly Le fana de l'aviation, informed us a few days ago of the forthcoming release of his book on the Dassault Super Mirage 4000. He also informed us that the book will exist in an English version...
1980s
arab organisation for industrialisation
armeéde l'air
cold war
dassault
dassault-breguet
france
imperial iranian air force
late 1970s
royal saudi air force
société des avions marcel dassault
1er groupement de missiles stratégiques
armeéde l'air
cold war
commandement des forces aériennes stratégiques
force de dissuasion
forces aériennes stratégiques
french fifth republic
icbm
marine nationale
nuclear battlefield
post-cold war
slbm
sol-sol balistique stratégique
It has always been a subject of some controversy as to why the British stuck with the rather paltry 0.303in calibre for aircraft machine guns. To address this Both BSA and ROLLS-ROYCE developed a 0.5in calibre AMG, the latter apparently quite successful (though strangely, never adopted) and the...
1er groupement de missiles stratégiques
armeéde l'air
cold war
commandement des forces aériennes stratégiques
early 1990s
force de dissuasion
forces aériennes stratégiques
france
french fifth republic
icbm
intermediate range ballistic missile
late 1980s
nuclear battlefield
sol-sol balistique stratégique
In the 80s, when the AdA withdrew its Mystère IVAs from service, some of them received somewhat special liveries !o_O
It seems that one was painted in the colours of a fictitious Arab air force.
Is there any picture of it ? :)
View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chaika12/34357274081
French Night Fighters
Between February 1918 and July 1922 the French Aéronautique Militaire used the Caudron R.XI heavy escort fighters from the Escadrille C 46, in joint operations with the Breguet XIV night bombers of the 3ême regiment de bombardement.
In 1924 a night fighter unit was...
While the size and importance of France's armed forces in 1914 and 1939 is well understood, their importance since 1945 does not seem to be appreciated.
Until the creation of West Germany's Bundeswehr at the end of the 1950s it was France that bore the brunt of providing the largest West...
armeéde l'air
armée de l'air et de l'espace
armée de terre
cold war
cold war ii
commandement des forces aériennes stratégiques
force de dissuasion
force de frappe
forces aériennes stratégiques
france
french fifth republic
french fourth republic
marine nationale
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
post-cold war
pre-strategic
sol-sol balistique stratégique
tactical nuke
western europe
So we know some time in the early 80s, France split with the UK, West Germany, Italy and Spain, and developed the ACX into the Rafale, and the others made the Typhoon.
the disagreement stemmed from a carrier variant.
What if in this scenario, France never left and somehow the five of them...
1980s
alternate history
armeéde l'air
cold war
france
french fifth republic
future european fighter aircraft programme
great britain
italian republic
italy
kingdom of spain
north atlantic treaty organisation
west germany
western europe
While some weird dudes are celebrating the epitomized image of an autocrat*, the french AdlAE discretely commemorates one of its hero pilot (Poet and novelist), Mr Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Free French air Force pilot, Croix de Guerre with palms, MIA, with the birth of its most famous...
air force of the ivory coast
armeéde l'air
armée de l'air du cameroun
armée de l'air et de l'espace
armée de l'air republic of togo
cold war
cold war ii
egyptian air force
federal republic of germany
forces aériennes françaises libres
france
luftwaffe
nigerian air force
north atlantic treaty organisation
post-cold war
qatar emiri air force
royal canadian air force
royal moroccan air force
royal thai air force
world war ii
A bit more conventional was the system of engines in tandem designed during the German occupation by the engineer Michel Vernisse. It was to power the Arsenal VB.10 fighter by using two Hispano-Suiza H.S. 12Z engines. One of them was installed in the nose of the airplane and the other in the...
1940s
armeéde l'air
armée de l'air de l'armistice
cold war
fighter
fighters
french fourth republic
l'aéronautique navale
late 1930s
marine de vichy
post-world war ii
pre-world war ii
vichy france
world war ii
This one is not really feasible but it does produce some interesting models or artwork.
The USAF had its Hound Dogs in service from the Cuban Missile Crisis well into the 70s.
If politics and other considerations had not got in the way, permutations of NATO Hound might have served on the...
alternate history
armeéde l'air
canadian armed forces
commandement des forces aériennes stratégiques
cruise missile
forces aériennes stratégiques
north american aviation
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
raf bomber command
raf strike command
royal air force
royal canadian air force
strategic air command
united states air force
united states air forces in europe
western europe
This thread is for the new High Command (or grand operations command in the French air force's parlance) for Space Operations of the Armée de l'Air Française that President Macron has just announced. A Space Force in other words. Apparently Macron intends to eventually rename the air force as...
Although I was pretty sure this had been discussed on the forum before, I've searched many topics over the past couple of hours but found nothing... So I'm posting it here, hoping it doesn't duplicate anything (and if it does, by all means please show me where it was so the two can be merged)...
Hi! Latécoère 550. You can see some vertical tail stabilizer shape.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lat%C3%A9co%C3%A8re_550
"The Latécoère 550 was a four-engined French seaplane, designed in the early 1930s as a bomber/torpedo bomber. Though initial handling problems were partly resolved, the...
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