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    The Franco-Belgian front holds 1940: consequences for the RAF?

    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...
  2. hesham

    French New Interceptor Competition of 1953 & Its contenders

    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 &...
  3. uk 75

    France's Ultimate Warning

    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...
  4. Deltafan

    Book on the Dassault Super Mirage 4000.

    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...
  5. Forest Green

    Land-based M5 - French S3 missile replacement

    It is mentioned here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S3_(missile) Any more information anywhere?
  6. X

    British/French WW2-era 0.5in Aircraft Machine Guns.

    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...
  7. Grey Havoc

    S-4 and S-45 IRBM projects (France, Cold War)

    https://nuke.fas.org/guide/france/theater/s-4.htm https://calhoun.nps.edu/bitstream/handle/10945/26902/britishfrenchstr00bate.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
  8. F.L.

    French Mystère IVA ''special livery''.

    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
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    French Night Fighters

    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...
  10. airman

    Website about French Air Force 1939-1940

    Website is here https://www.passionair1940.fr
  11. uk 75

    France's pivotal defence role

    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...
  12. helmutkohl

    What if, France never left the Eurofighter consortium

    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...
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    Alpha Jet

    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...
  14. J

    Arsenal VB.10

    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...
  15. uk 75

    The Hound Dog for NATO

    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...
  16. M

    France to develop anti satellite lasers and "defensive" mini babysitting satellites

    https://www.france24.com/en/20190725-france-develop-anti-satellite-laser-weapons-minister https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-france-space-defence/france-to-launch-fearsome-surveillance-satellites-to-bolster-space-defences-idUKKCN1UK1TR?utm_source=reddit.com
  17. Grey Havoc

    Commandement des Opérations Espace

    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...
  18. Stargazer

    A very puzzling pair of would-be pre-war French bombers

    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)...
  19. blackkite

    Various Latécoère project

    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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    French Secret Projects 2: Bombers, Patrol and Assault Aircraft

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/French-Secret-Projects-Bombers-Aircraft/dp/1910809063
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