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.
Air Force※
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Main article: French Air and Space Force
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Navy※
Main article: French Navy
See also: French Naval Aviation
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Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
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Combat aircraft | |||||
Dassault Rafale | France | Multirole | M | 41 | 12 on order |
AWACS | |||||
Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye | United States | AEW&C | 3 | 3 on order | |
Maritime patrol | |||||
Bréguet 1150 Atlantic | France | ASW / Maritime patrol | 22 | ||
Dassault Falcon 20 | France | Maritime patrol | 5 | ||
Dassault Falcon 50 | France | Maritime patrol | 8 | ||
Dassault Falcon 2000 | France | Maritime patrol | 12 on order | ||
Transport | |||||
Embraer EMB 121 Xingu | Brazil | Transport | 10 | ||
Dassault Falcon 10 | France | Transport | 6 | ||
Helicopter | |||||
NHIndustries NH90 | Europe | ASW / SAR | 27 | ||
Airbus H160M Guépard | Europe | ASuW / SAR | 4 | 49 on order | |
Eurocopter AS565 Panther | Europe | Utility | 38 |
Army※
Main article: French Army
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Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
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Helicopter | |||||
Eurocopter Tiger | Europe | Attack | 69 | ||
NHIndustries NH90 | Europe | Utility | 58 | 15 on order | |
Airbus H225M | Europe | Utility | 8 | ||
Airbus Helicopters H160 | Europe | Utility | 0 | 80 on order | |
Eurocopter AS532 Cougar | Europe | Utility | 25 | ||
AĂ©rospatiale SA 330 Puma | France | Utility | 17 | ||
AĂ©rospatiale Gazelle | France | Utility | 106 | ||
Transport | |||||
Pilatus PC-6 Porter | Switzerland | Transport | 5 | ||
Socata TBM 700 | France | Transport | 9 | ||
Trainer aircraft | |||||
Eurocopter AS555 Fennec | Europe | Rotorcraft trainer | 17 |
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.
- ^ "World Air Forces 2024". Flightglobal. 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "Pentagon notifies Congress of potential French MQ-9 Reaper buy" Archived 4 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Flightglobal.com, 28 June 2013