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List of French Air and Space Force aircraft squadrons

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Many of the former and active Squadrons of the French Air and Space Force have direct lineage links to many of the "dissolved" squadrons. In addition, each Squadron has for military awards and decorations, and a Fanion (squadron standard).

The Air Force has undergone many echelon (ranking) changes at the level of Escadre (Wing), Escadron/Squadrons and Escadrille. The traditions and accomplishments of many Escadre, Escadron and the Lafayette Escadrille and other units can be traced back to World War I.

Squadrons include the following:

Active Squadrons

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Strategic Air Forces Command (CFAS)

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Air Forces Command (CFA)

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Fighter Brigade

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Rafale n° 106 104-HG of the EC 3/30 in 2011.
Rafale B 113-HO of the ETR 2/92 Aquitaine during Operation Serval on March 17, 2013.
Fighter Squadrons
Other Squadrons

Special Air Forces Brigade (BFSA)

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Projection and Support Air Force Brigade (BAAP)

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Transport Squadrons
Helicopters
Operational Transition School (ETO)
Other Squadrons

Airspace Control Air Force Brigade (BACE)

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Crotale Missile the Air Defense Ground-to-Air Battery « Tursan » in 2013.

The following surface-to-air missile squadrons (EDSA) have been attached to BACE since September 1, 2007:[3]

  • Escadron de Défense Sol-Air 1/950 Crau
  • Escadron de Défense Sol-Air 2/950 Sancerre
  • Escadron de Défense Sol-Air 5/950 Barrois
  • Escadron de Défense Sol-Air 12/950 Tursan

Air Force Security and Intervention Forces Brigade (BAFSI)

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Inactive Squadrons

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Escadrons de Bombardement

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(bombardment squadron)

Escadrons de Chasse (EC)

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(Fighter Squadron)

Escadrons d’Hélicoptères

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(Helicopter squadron)

Escadrons de Ravitaillement en Vol

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(Air Supply Squadron)

Escadrons de Reconnaissance

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(Reconnaissance squadron)

Escadrons de Transport

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(Transport Squadron)

Escadrons électroniques

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(Electronic Squadron)

Escadron d'Entraînement

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(Training Squadron)

Escadrons de défense sol-air

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(Ground-to-Air Defense Squadron)

Abbreviations

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  • CIEH Centre d'instruction des équipages d'hélicoptères (helicopter crew training center)
  • CIET Centre d'instruction des équipages de Transport (airlift/transport crew training center)
  • CIT Centre d'instruction tactique (tactical instruction center)
  • EAC Ecole de l'aviation de chasse (fighter aviation school)
  • EAT Ecole de l'aviation de transport (transport aviation school)
  • EC Escadron de chasse (fighter wing)
  • ECN Escadrille de chasse de nuit (night fighter squadron)
  • EDCA Escadron de détection et de contrôle aéroporté (detection and aircraft control wing)
  • EE Escadron d'Entrainement (training squadron)
  • EPEAA Ecole de pilotage élémentaire de l'armée de l'air (air force basic flight school)
  • ER Escadron de reconnaissance (reconnaissance wing)
  • ERS Escadron de reconnaissance stratégique (strategic reconnaissance wing)
  • ERV Escadron de ravitaillement en vol (flight refueling wing)
  • ET Escadron de transport (transport wing)
  • ETE Escadron de transport et entraînement (transport and training wing)
  • ETM Escadron de transport mixte (mixed transport wing)
  • EIV Escadron d’instruction en vol (flight instruction wing)
  • ETO Escadron de transition opérationnelle (operational transition wing)
  • GAO Groupe Aériens d'Observation (airborne observation group—army co-operation squadrons)
  • GC Groupe de chasse (fighter group)
  • GE Groupement école (school group)
  • GR Groupe de reconnaissance (reconnaissance group)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. September 2020. p. 79.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  2. ^ a b AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. November 2020. p. 13.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  3. ^ Le Bourget : Les aviateurs veillent,[1], 23 juin 2015, Ministère Français de la Défense.
  4. ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. June 2013. p. 98.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  5. ^ a b AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. October 2013. p. 42.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  6. ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. November 2013. p. 10.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  7. ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. January 2013. p. 11.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  8. ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. December 2013. p. 106.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  9. ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. October 2013. p. 12.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  10. ^ a b AirForces Monthly. Stamford, England: Key Publishing. September 2016. p. 55.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  11. ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford England: Key Publishing Ltd. March 2014. p. 93.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  12. ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. December 2013. p. 9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  13. ^ Armée de l’Air française, ed. (6 July 2009). "Mise en sommeil du " Normandie-Niemen " et dissolution du " Riquewihr "". Avionique.fr. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.

Bibliography

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  • Ehrengardt, C.-J. (January 1970). "L'action de la chasse de nuit française: un épisode peu connu de la dernière guerre" [French Night-fighter Activity: A Little-known Episode of the Last War]. Le album de fanatique de l'Aviation (in French) (7): 8–12. ISSN 0757-4169.
  • Lefèbvre, Jean-Michel (September 1976). "Escadron 2/7 "Argonne" (1)" [Squadron 2/7 Argonne, Part 4]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (82): 12–17. ISSN 0757-4169.
  • Lefèbvre, Jean-Michel (October 1976). "Escadron 2/7 "Argonne" historique (2): escadrilles de traditions" [Historic Squadron 2/7 Argonne, Part 3: Ancestral Flights]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (83): 16–19. ISSN 0757-4169.
  • Lefèbvre, Jean-Michel (November 1976). "Escadron 2/7 "Argonne" historique (3): les grands ancient de "Coqs" hommes et avions 1914–1918" [Historic Squadron 2/7 Argonne, Part 3: The Grand Old "Roosters", Men and Aircraft 1914–1918]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (84): 22–25. ISSN 0757-4169.
  • Lefèbvre, Jean-Michel (December 1976). "Escadron 2/7 "Argonne" historique (4): de la Bataille de France aux chasseurs à réaction" [Historic Squadron 2/7 Argonne, Part 4: From the Battle of France to Jet Fighters]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (85): 20–24. ISSN 0757-4169.
  • Villatout, Paul (April 2004). "Une histoire du I/56 Vaucluse: l'escadrille masquée (1)" [The History of I/56 Vaucluse: The Masked Squadron, Part 2]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (413): 18–25. ISSN 0757-4169.
  • Villatout, Paul (May 2004). "Une histoire du I/56 Vaucluse: l'escadrille masquée (2)" [The History of I/56 Vaucluse: The Masked Squadron, Part 2]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (414): 64–76. ISSN 0757-4169.
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