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).

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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

Strategic Air Forces Command (CFAS)

Air Forces Command (CFA)

Fighter Brigade

Rafale ndeg 106 104-HG of the EC 3/30 in 2011. RAFALE.JPG
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. A French air force Rafale aircraft breaks formation after refueling from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 351st Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS) over an undisclosed 130317-F-BY961-185.jpg
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)

Projection and Support Air Force Brigade (BAAP)

Transport Squadrons
Helicopters
Operational Transition School (ETO)
Other Squadrons

Airspace Control Air Force Brigade (BACE)

Crotale Missile the Air Defense Ground-to-Air Battery << Tursan >> in 2013. Air Defence Squadron Tursan Bastille Day 2013 Paris t114447.jpg
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: [5]

  • 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)

Inactive Squadrons

Escadrons de Bombardement

(bombardment squadron)

Escadrons de Chasse (EC)

(Fighter Squadron)

Escadrons d’Hélicoptères

(Helicopter squadron)

Escadrons de Ravitaillement en Vol

(Air Supply Squadron)

Escadrons de Reconnaissance

(Reconnaissance squadron)

Escadrons de Transport

(Transport Squadron)

Escadrons électroniques

(Electronic Squadron)

Escadron d'Entraînement

(Training Squadron)

Escadrons de défense sol-air

(Ground-to-Air Defense Squadron)

Abbreviations

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 AirForces Monthly . Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. September 2020. p. 79.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  2. 1 2 Air Forces Monthly . Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. May 2025. p. 11.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  3. 1 2 AirForces Monthly . Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. November 2020. p. 13.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  4. "Armée de l'air et de l'espace - En Chiffres" (PDF). French Air and Space Force. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  5. Le Bourget : Les aviateurs veillent,, 23 juin 2015, Ministère Français de la Défense.
  6. AirForces Monthly . Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. June 2013. p. 98.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  7. 1 2 AirForces Monthly . Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. October 2013. p. 42.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  8. AirForces Monthly . Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. November 2013. p. 10.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  9. AirForces Monthly . Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. January 2013. p. 11.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  10. AirForces Monthly . Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. December 2013. p. 106.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  11. AirForces Monthly . Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. October 2013. p. 12.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  12. 1 2 AirForces Monthly . Stamford, England: Key Publishing. September 2016. p. 55.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  13. AirForces Monthly. Stamford England: Key Publishing Ltd. March 2014. p. 93.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  14. AirForces Monthly . Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. December 2013. p. 9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  15. 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.

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