2e Escadre de Chasse

2^e Escadre de Chasse
2nd Hunter Escadre
2e Escadre de Chasse; 2nd Hunter Escadre
	Insignia of the Escadre
Active	September 3, 2015 - present
Country	France
Branch	French Air and Space Force
Type	Fighter aircraft
Part of	Fighter Brigade
Equipment	Mirage 2000-5F

Last updated February 23, 2024

The 2^e Escadre de Chasse (2nd Fighter Wing) is a fighter formation of the Fighter Brigade of the French Air and Space Force.

After the dissolution of the 2e regiment d'aviation de chasse (2è RAC) in September 1933, SPA 3 and SPA 103 became the first and third squadrons of the 1er group of the s2nd Fighter Wing in the course of creation at Tours.^[1] EC 2 was set up at Chartres at the end of 1936. Outfitted in early 1937 with a Dewoitine D.500, the wing was reequipped with a Morane Saulnier M.S.406 (MS 406) in April 1939.

Created in November 1945 at Friedrichshafen, it was dissolved on September 9, 1994, at Dijon Air Base, then reformed on September 3, 2015, at Luxeuil Air Base.^[2]

It now comprises the Air Force's most elite fighter squadron, Escadron de Chasse 1/2 Cigognes, Escadron de Soutien Technique Aéronautique 2E.004.

History

Storks

Groupe de chasse 1/2 Cigognes (1 au 1)
Escadron de chasse 1/2 Cigognes (01/10/1949 au 09/09/1994)

Côte d'Or

Escadron de Chasse 2/2 Côte d'Or (01/05/1951 until 01/10/1957) (01/04/1965 until 01/04/1966)
CMIR 2/102 Côte d'or (01/04/1966 until 01/11/1968)
Escadron de Chasse et Transformation 2/2 Côte d'or (French : Escadron de chasse et de transformation 2/2 Côte d'or ) (01/11/1968 until 01/08/1993)

Alsace

Groupe de chasse 2/2 Alsace (08/11/1945 until 01/10/1949)
Escadron de chasse 2/2 Alsace (01/10/1949 until 01/05/1951)
Escadron de chasse 3/2 Alsace (French : Escadron de chasse 3/2 Alsace ) (01/05/1951 until 09/09/1994)

Others

Groupe de Chasse 3/2 Berry (01/11/1945 until 01/04/1946)
Groupe de Chasse 4/2 Ile-de-France (01/11/1945 until 01/03/1946)
Groupe de Chasse 2/18 Saintonge (01/11/1945 until 01/03/1946)
Escadron de Chasse 3/2 Côte d'Or (01/10/1949 until 01/05/1951)
Escadron de Chasse 4/2 Coq gaulois (01/10/1949 until 01/04/1950)

Bases

Friedrichshafen (1945-1947 until 1949)
Hanoi (1946-1947)
Nha Trang (1946-1947)
Coblence (1947 until 1949)
Aerial Base 102 Dijon-Longvic (French : Base aérienne 102 Dijon-Longvic ) (1949 until 1994)
Aerial Base 116 Luxeuil-Saint Sauveur (French : BA116 Luxeuil-Saint Sauveur ) since September 3, 2015

Equipment

Spitfire Mk.IX ( 1945 until 1947)
P-47 D Thunderbolt (1948)
Vampire FB.5 (1948 until 1954)
Dassault MD-450 Ouragan (1953 until 1955)
North American T-6G (1956 until 1962)
Dassault Mystère IVA (1956 until 1961)
Dassault Mirage IIIC (1961 until 1975)
Dassault Mirage IIIB (1962 until 1986)
Dassault Mirage IIIE (1968 until 1985)
Dassault Mirage IIIBE (1971 until 1986)
Dassault Mirage IIIR (1983 until 1986)
Dassault Mirage 2000C (1984 until 1994)
Dassault Mirage 2000B (1984 until 1994)
Dassault Mirage 2000-5F (as of 2015)

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References

↑ Guyot, Henri. "2ème escadre de chasse". Traditions-air.fr. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
↑ "Nouvelles escadres aériennes: une cohérence opérationnelle accrue, des valeurs renforcées". defense.gouv.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

Gérard, Michel (January 1986). "Du Spitfire au Mirage 2000: Le 3/2 Alsace". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 194. pp. 4–11.

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[1] Guyot, Henri. "2ème escadre de chasse". Traditions-air.fr. Retrieved 22 November 2017.

[2] "Nouvelles escadres aériennes: une cohérence opérationnelle accrue, des valeurs renforcées". defense.gouv.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

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