La Fayette was an 11,000-ton Independence-class aircraft carrier that served the French Navy from 1951 to 1963. She was the first French vessel named after...
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Lafayette (redirect from La Fayette)
La Fayette, a French aircraft carrier, formerly USS Langley (CVL-27) La Fayette-class frigate, a class of French frigates French frigate La Fayette, a...
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Arromanches (R95) was an aircraft carrier of the French Navy, which served from 1946 to 1974. She was previously HMS Colossus (15) of the Royal Navy. She...
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list of aircraft carriers of France. Fifteen aircraft carriers have served the navy or been proposed since the 1910s. As of 2024, one French carrier—Charles...
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ships of the French Navy have borne the name La Fayette, in honour of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette: The aircraft carrier La Fayette (R96), ex-USS...
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Colossus-class light aircraft carrier, ex-HMS Colossus (R15), in service from 1946 to 1974 Independence class La Fayette: light aircraft carrier in service from...
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The Independence-class aircraft carriers were a class of light carriers built for the United States Navy that served during World War II. Adapted from...
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A light aircraft carrier, or light fleet carrier, is an aircraft carrier smaller than the standard carriers of a navy. The precise definition of the type...
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USS Langley (CVL-27) (category Independence-class aircraft carriers of the French Navy)
Independence-class light aircraft carrier that served the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947, and French Navy as La Fayette from 1951 to 1963. Langley...
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United Kingdom used carrier-based aircraft from HMS Eagle, HMS Albion, and HMS Bulwark, and France from Arromanches and La Fayette, to attack Egyptian...
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general purpose stealth frigate of the French Navy (Marine Nationale) of the La Fayette class. She is the third French vessel named after the 19th-century...
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A carrier battle group (CVBG) is a naval fleet consisting of an aircraft carrier capital ship and its large number of escorts, together defining the group...
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sous-marines (Submarine force). Primary assets include one nuclear aircraft carrier, three amphibious assault ships, four air-defence-focused destroyers...
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Operation Musketeer (1956) (redirect from 1956 Anglo-French invasion of Egypt)
subsequent brief occupation. French battleship Jean Bart (1940) French aircraft carrier La Fayette French aircraft carrier Arromanches Between them, 36...
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modèle 64 turret of the aircraft carrier Clemenceau 100 mm modèle 68 turret on La Motte-Picquet The modèle 100 TR of the La Fayette-class frigate Surcouf...
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frégate La Fayette sont rentrés à Toulon". Mer et Marine. Moulin, Jean (2020). Tous les porte-aéronefs en France: de 1912 à nos jours [All the Aircraft Carriers...
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significant overseas presence. The French Navy is one of eight naval forces currently operating fixed-wing aircraft carriers, with its flagship Charles de...
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USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) (redirect from French aircraft carrier Bois Belleau (R97))
First Indochina War, was in need of additional aircraft carriers to support the two light carriers—La Fayette (formerly USS Langley), and Arromanches (formerly...
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Dassault Rafale (category Carrier-based aircraft)
generation aircraft by Dassault. In the late 1970s, the French Air Force and French Navy sought to replace and consolidate their existing fleets of aircraft. In...
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Mistral (L9013) is an amphibious assault ship, a type of helicopter carrier, of the French Navy. She is the fourth vessel to bear the name, and is the lead...
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Escadron de Chasse 2/4 Lafayette (Fighter Squadron 2/4 La Fayette) is a squadron of the French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace). It...
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Aircraft carriers have their origins during the days of World War I. The earliest experiments consisted of fitting temporary "flying off" platforms to...
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and civilian personnel. Operational command of French Air Force and French Navy fast-jet combat aircraft will be combined under the Chief of the Defence...
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powerful combatants" such as the La Fayette-class. Expected deliveries of FREMM multipurpose frigates to the French Navy reduced from 11 to 8. The two...
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joined the rest of the intervention force, which included the carriers Arromanches and La Fayette, Georges Leygues, the destroyers Surcouf, Kersaint, Cassard...
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multi-role stealth frigates are multi-mission derivatives of the French Navy's La Fayette-class frigate in service with the Republic of Singapore Navy. The...
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The French Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, also known as CECMED (French for Commandant en chef pour la Méditerranée) is a French Armed Forces regional...
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Naval Action Force (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
divided into seven categories: The aeronaval group, which has the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle at its core The amphibious group, directed by "Projection...
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20 mm modèle F2 gun (category Anti-aircraft guns of France)
(NAJA 12 class). In the French Navy, they are used aboard: French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle Horizon-class frigates La Fayette-class frigates Floréal-class...
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Curtiss SB2C Helldiver (category Carrier-based aircraft)
Some of these aircraft were allotted to flottilles 3F and 9F stationed on board the carriers Arromanches, Bois Belleau, and La Fayette, during the First...
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