Rafale – The Aviationist

The Rafale aircraft will provide modern capabilities to the French military until the FCAS is ready for service. France has placed an order for the fifth tranche of Rafale fighters for its milita...

https://theaviationist.com/2024/01/16/france-orders-new-rafale-f4-fighters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=france-orders-new-rafale-f4-fighters

The country is set to become the first export operator of the F-15EX, which will be known as F-15IND once in service. Indonesia and Boeing signed a Memorandum of Understanding to finalize the sal...

https://theaviationist.com/2023/08/24/indonesia-f-15ex/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indonesia-f-15ex

The new standard brings major capability upgrades which pave the way for collaborative air combat. The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) announced that the new Rafale F4.1 standard ha...

https://theaviationist.com/2023/04/02/rafale-f4-1-standard-qualified-for-fielding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rafale-f4-1-standard-qualified-for-fielding

The TNI AU is looking to overhaul its variegated aircraft fleet, currently made of F-16s, Su-27s, Su-30 and Hawk light fighters/trainers. Indonesia and France signed a deal for 42 latest-generati...

https://theaviationist.com/2022/02/13/indonesia-buys-42-rafales/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indonesia-buys-42-rafales

The new F4-1 standard will upgrade the Rafale capabilities introduced with the F3-R standard, as well as adding some new important ones. The French Directorate General for Armaments (DGA) announc...

https://theaviationist.com/2021/06/01/rafale-f4-standard/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rafale-f4-standard

Greek media outlets report that the U.S. will divert to Greece six F-35s originally built by Lockheed Martin for Turkey. Although the details are still pretty fuzzy, Greek social media went abuzz...

https://theaviationist.com/2020/10/28/greek-media-outlets-claim-six-f-35s-originally-destined-to-turkey-may-end-up-in-greece/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=greek-media-outlets-claim-six-f-35s-originally-destined-to-turkey-may-end-up-in-greece

A loud bang was heard as a French Rafale flew at supersonic speed while responding to a COMLOSS (Communication Loss) event. An almost routine intercept by a French Air Force Rafale made the news ...

https://theaviationist.com/2020/10/01/rafales-sonic-boom-during-intercept-shakes-paris-disrupts-french-open-tennis-match/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rafales-sonic-boom-during-intercept-shakes-paris-disrupts-french-open-tennis-match

Civilian Passenger on Incentive Flight Accidentally Ejected Himself, Report Says. You may recall an unusual incident from Mar. 20, 2019, when a civilian passenger riding in a two-seat Armée de l...

https://theaviationist.com/2020/04/09/report-released-on-french-rafale-passengers-accidental-ejection-reveals-both-human-and-technical-failures/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=report-released-on-french-rafale-passengers-accidental-ejection-reveals-both-human-and-technical-failures

France strikes back with Rafale and Mirage 2000 jets. According to the French MoD (Ministry of Defense), a dozen French aircraft conducted air strikes against ISIS targets located in Raqqa, Syria...

https://theaviationist.com/2015/11/15/france-air-strikes-on-raqqa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=france-air-strikes-on-raqqa

Have a look at these cool shots The images in this post were taken at night after the Radom airshow 2015 had ended. The author of the images, Wojciech Mazurkiewicz, working as a member of The...

https://theaviationist.com/2015/09/14/night-shots-from-radom-airshow/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=night-shots-from-radom-airshow

F/A-18E Super Hornet serves as aerial refueler for French combat planes operating from Charles De Gaulle aircraft carrier. The images in this post were taken on Mar. 9 over the Persian Gulf (or �...

https://theaviationist.com/2015/03/10/super-hornet-refuels-rafale/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=super-hornet-refuels-rafale

Armée de l’air celebrated the 50th anniversary of the FAS (forces aériennes stratégiques) with three special colored planes. On Oct. 3, with a ceremony held at Istres airbase, the French Air...

https://theaviationist.com/2014/10/08/fas-50th-anniversary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fas-50th-anniversary

NATO Tiger Meet is an annual exercise that gathers squadrons sporting Tiger (or feline) emblems. Planes that attend it, usually get painted in tiger outfits. As happened during 2014 edition in Ge...

https://theaviationist.com/2014/06/25/ntm-2014-best-images/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ntm-2014-best-images

Beginning on Sept. 5, Swedish SAAB Gripen deployed to Decimomannu airbase, in Sardinia, and French Rafale and Mirage 2000 aircraft, operating from Istres, France, conducted flying activity aimed ...

https://theaviationist.com/2013/09/08/kc-767-gripen-rafale/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kc-767-gripen-rafale

Although it’s in French language, the following video released by the French MoD is quite interesting as it shows the FAF C-135FR refueling ops from N’Djamena, Chad. The French tanker are qui...

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