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
Navy
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service[3] | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Combat aircraft | |||||
Dassault Rafale | France | Multirole | M | 41[3] | |
AWACS | |||||
Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye | United States | AEW&C | 3[3] | ||
Maritime patrol | |||||
Bréguet 1150 Atlantic | France | ASW / Patrol | 22[3] | ||
Dassault Falcon 2000 Albatros | France | Maritime surveillance and intervention | 0 | 7 on order and 5 additional units planned | |
Dassault Falcon 200 Gardian | France | Maritime surveillance | 5[3] | ||
Dassault Falcon 50 | France | Maritime surveillance | 8[3] | ||
Transport | |||||
Embraer EMB 121 Xingu | Brazil | Transport | 10[3] | ||
Dassault Falcon 10 | France | Transport | 6[3] | ||
Helicopter | |||||
NHIndustries NH90 Caïman Marine | Europe | ASW / SAR | NFH | 27[3] | |
Airbus H160M Guépard | Europe | ASuW / SAR | 0 | 49 units on order | |
Airbus Helicopters H160 | Europe | SAR | 1[3] | 6 to be delivered in total on a lease purchase contract as an interim solution pending delivery of the Guépard | |
Eurocopter AS565 Panther | Europe | Utility | 16 | ||
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin | Europe | Utility | 20 | ||
Aérospatiale Alouette III | France | Utility | 22[3] | ||
Army
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service[3] | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Helicopter | |||||
Eurocopter Tiger | Europe | Attack | 67 | ||
NHIndustries NH90 Caïman | Europe | Utility | TTH | 46[3] | 27 additional units on order[3] |
Airbus H225M Caracal | Europe | Utility | 8[3] | To be transferred to the Air Force | |
Airbus H160M Guépard | Europe | Utility | 0[3] | 80 units on order[3] | |
Eurocopter AS532 Cougar | Europe | Utility | 25[3] | ||
Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma | France | Utility | 17[3] | ||
Aérospatiale Gazelle | France | Utility | 109[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
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 "World Air Forces 2023". Flightglobal. 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
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