Air Force
 | This section duplicates the scope of other articles, specifically French Air and Space Force#Aircraft.(May 2024) |
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. [1] [2]
| This section duplicates the scope of other articles, specifically French Air and Space Force#Aircraft.(May 2024) |
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service [3] | Notes |
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| Combat aircraft | |||||
| Dassault Rafale | France | Multirole | M | 41 [3] | 12 on order [3] |
| AWACS | |||||
| Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye | United States | AEW&C | 3 [3] | 3 on order [3] | |
| Maritime patrol | |||||
| Bréguet 1150 Atlantic | France | ASW / Maritime patrol | 22 [3] | ||
| Dassault Falcon 20 | France | Maritime patrol | 5 [3] | ||
| Dassault Falcon 50 | France | Maritime patrol | 8 [3] | ||
| Dassault Falcon 2000 | France | Maritime patrol | 12 on order [3] | ||
| Transport | |||||
| Embraer EMB 121 Xingu | Brazil | Transport | 10 [3] | ||
| Dassault Falcon 10 | France | Transport | 6 [3] | ||
| Helicopter | |||||
| NHIndustries NH90 | Europe | ASW / SAR | 27 [3] | ||
| Airbus H160M Guépard | Europe | ASuW / SAR | 4 [3] | 49 on order [3] | |
| Eurocopter AS565 Panther | Europe | Utility | 38 [3] | ||
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service [3] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helicopter | |||||
| Eurocopter Tiger | Europe | Attack | 69 [3] | ||
| NHIndustries NH90 | Europe | Utility | 58 [3] | 15 on order [3] | |
| Airbus H225M | Europe | Utility | 8 [3] | ||
| Airbus Helicopters H160 | Europe | Utility | 0 [3] | 80 on order [3] | |
| Eurocopter AS532 Cougar | Europe | Utility | 25 [3] | ||
| Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma | France | Utility | 17 [3] | ||
| Aérospatiale Gazelle | France | Utility | 106 [3] | ||
| Transport | |||||
| Pilatus PC-6 Porter | Switzerland | Transport | 5 [3] | ||
| Socata TBM 700 | France | Transport | 9 [3] | ||
| Trainer aircraft | |||||
| Eurocopter AS555 Fennec | Europe | Rotorcraft trainer | 17 [3] | ||
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