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    The French Air and Space Force (French: Armée de l'air et de l'espace, pronounced [aʁme də lɛʁ e də lɛspas], lit. 'Army of Air and Space') is the air and...
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    ordered what remained of the Armée de l’Air to French colonies in North Africa to continue the fight, such that Armée de l’Air units were stationed at places...
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  • and Shores, Christopher. op. cit. Armée de l’Air—Marcel Paquelier's website on his experiences in the Armée de l'Air also includes a history of the involvement...
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    in 1943. On July 1, 1943, the Algiers-based Armée de l'Air general staff (which received its orders from de Gaulle and General Giraud) and the FAFL general...
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  • transport Curtiss Hawk 75 fighter Curtiss P-40E/F/N fighter de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth liaison de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth trainer Dewoitine D.520 fighter...
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    (French: Armée de l'Air), usually referred to as the Air Force of Vichy (Armée de l'air de Vichy) or Armistice Air Force (Armée de l'Air de l'armistice)...
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    The Khmer Air Force (Khmer: ទ័ពអាកាសខ្មែរ; French: Armée de l'air khmère; AAK), commonly known by its americanized acronym KAF (or KhAF) was the air force...
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    The Cameroon Air Force (French: Armée de l'Air du Cameroun, AdAC) is the air force of Cameroon. The Cameroon Air Force, along with the Cameroon Army, the...
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    initial fixed order contract for 150 production Ouragans to equip the Armée de l'Air. In the following years, a further three orders, each ordering an additional...
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    The Mali Air Force (French: Armée de l'air du Mali), established in 1961, serves as the primary aerial warfare branch of Mali's armed forces. The force...
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    2ème Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes de l’Armée de l’Air Groupe de Bombardement Lorraine Groupe de Chasse Ile-de-France Groupe de Chasse Alsace Nantes:...
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    The French Armed Forces (French: Forces armées françaises, pronounced [fɔʁs aʁme fʁɑ̃sɛz]) are the military forces of France. They consist of four military...
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  • purposes. They are under the command of the French Air & Space Force (Armée de l’Air & de l’Espace). The French reconnaissance drone program began in 1995...
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  • de Voltige de l'Armée de l'Air is a French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) Air Force Aerobatics Display Team located at Salon-de-Provence...
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    lightweight fighter to replace the Mirage III for the French Air Force (Armée de l'air). The Mirage 2000 evolved into a multirole aircraft with several variants...
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    The Senegalese Air Force (French: Armée de l'Air Sénégalaise) is the air force branch of the Senegalese Armed Forces. It was formed on 1 April 1961 with...
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    France the land force is called Armée de terre, meaning Land Army, and the air and space force is called Armée de l'Air et de l’Espace, meaning Air and Space...
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    Commissioned between 1997 and 2010, each armed with 16 M51 SLBMs. The Armée de l'air et de l'espace has 54 ASMP-A medium-range air-to-ground missiles with the...
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    commander and war criminal. The Republic of Togo Air Force (French: Armée de l'Air Republic of Togo) was established in 1964, and French influence remains...
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    The Malagasy Air Force (French: Armée de l'air malgache) is the aerial warfare branch of the Madagascar People's Armed Forces. The Malagasy Air Force was...
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    Battle of France (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Fighter Command Operations Record". For the Armée de l'Air Hooton used "Service Historique de Armée de l'Air (SHAA), Vincennes". Steven Zaloga wrote, "Of...
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    Libya, Mali, Iraq and Syria. In the mid-1970s, the French Air Force (Armée de l'Air) and French Navy (Marine Nationale) had separate requirements for a...
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    aircraft to replace the numerous older types that were in service with the Armée de l'Air (French Air Force) which dated back to the Second World War. In response...
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    Koolhoven in the Netherlands under contract by France. Intended for Armée de l'Air use, the F.K.58 saw limited service in the Battle of France. In 1938...
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    service with the Armée de l'Air. By the outbreak of the Second World War, around 120 aircraft had been delivered to the Armée de l'Air but most were not...
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    The Gabonese Air Force (French: Armée de l'air Gabonaise) is the official aerial warfare branch of the Armed Forces of Gabon. In the early 1960s, following...
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    initial order of 20 was placed by the Ground French Forces (the French Armée de l'Air was founded in 1933), and it was one of the aircraft that relaunched...
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    The Tunisian Air Force (Arabic: جيش الطيران, French: Armée de l'Air) is one of the branches of the Tunisian Armed Forces. The Tunisian Air Force was established...
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  • gun to replace the Darne mod. 1933 machine gun aboard aircraft of the Armée de l'Air. Essentially a faster-firing variant of the mitrailleuse mle 1931, and...
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    Jean-Loup Chrétien (category École de l'air alumni)
    (born 20 August 1938) is a French retired Général de Brigade (brigadier general) in the Armée de l'Air (French air force), and a former CNES spationaut...
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