French Air Force

The Pacific deployment is intended to build interoperability between the three partner nations in the next-generation European Future Combat Air System.

France’s defense materiel agency DGA placed orders totaling €20.3 billion ($22 billion) during 2023, the highest level of spending in 15 years.

Government-backed export campaigns, weapon packages and a clear development road map are steering Rafale to export success.

France has placed a long-awaited order for 42 more Dassault Rafale combat aircraft to equip the country’s air force.

The two-seat Rafale B was formally transferred on Oct. 2 during a ceremony at the Mont-de-Marsan air base, where Croatian pilots are being trained on the type.

Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even speaks to Aerospace DAILY about France’s key helicopter defense acquisitions.

The French Air and Space Force has kicked off Pégase 2023, an annual military exercise, to demonstrate its capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region.

Following the March announcement of the Dassault Rafale's F4.1 standard qualification, France is continuing to retrofit the combat aircraft.

Germany, France, the Netherlands and Czech Republic are discussing the future of strategic airlift and eyeing solutions for heavy and outsized cargo aircraft.

Dassault Aviation has resumed Rafale deliveries to France and is currently negotiating a contract for a fifth batch of aircraft.

The French Air Force has welcomed the launch of Phase 1B of the European Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program, which will replace its Dassault Rafale fleet.

The country’s latest military programming law was presented to the Council of Ministers on April 4.

This year’s AsterX—a name evocative of both space and a popular cartoon character—was part of a joint exercise inspired by the war in Ukraine.

China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy challenged the UK Royal Navy’s carrier strike group during its deployment to the Pacific in 2021, an Airbus official says.

Among the lessons the French Air and Space Force has learned from the war in Ukraine is the importance of suppressing enemy air defenses.

France plans to spend more than €400 billion on defense in 2024-30, President Emmanuel Macron has declared.

Noting widespread technology progress toward higher-airspace operations, the French Air and Space Force kicks off a doctrine study.

The French Air and Space Force has begun to discuss operations in the 20-100 km altitude range.

France has ordered eight H225M Caracal helicopters from Airbus as part of its promised stimulus package for aerospace.

The French Air Force has declared the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual range air-to-air missile operational on the Dassault Rafale.

The French Air Force has taken delivery of the first of two second-hand Airbus A330-200s which will be converted into Multi-Role Tanker Transports (MRTT).

The Archange aircraft will use Thales’ CUGE universal electronic warfare payload, and will replace the French Air Force's two C-160G Gabriel platforms.