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Dassault Rafale Le Rafale, conçu et produit par Dassault Aviation, est un avion militaire français multirôles. Il répond aux besoins des aviations militaires modernes qui désirent réduire leurs coûts en s'équipant d'un seul type d'avion multirôle (moins de coûts de formation, pièces détachées moins chères). En effet, il est aussi bien capable d'effectuer des missions d'interception que des missions de bombardement et d'attaque de précision. Il coûte 30 000 euros par heure de vol, ce qui est nettement moins que ses concurrents directs. Tags: Dassault Rafale Aviation multirôles

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Dassault Video - In Flight Easy-going Dassault Aviation promotionnal video featuring the military (Mirage 2000 and Rafale) and Business Jet (Falcon 2000, Falcon 900 and Falcon 50) ranges as well as a few historical aircrafts (Mirage F1, Breguet Atlantique, Mirage IV). The original video can be found on the Dassault website. Tags: Dassault Aviation Mirage F1 MirageF1 Mirage2000 Rafale French Air Force Jet Armee Airplane Falcon Flying Plane Avion Vol

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Dassault Aviation Dassault Aviation is a French aircraft manufacturer of military, regional and business jets. It was founded by Marcel Bloch as Société des Avions Marcel Bloch or "MB". After World War II, Marcel Bloch changed his name to Marcel Dassault, and the name of the company was changed to Avions Marcel Dassault on 20 December 1947. In 1971, Dassault acquired Breguet, forming Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation (AMD-BA). In 1990, the company was renamed Dassault Aviation.Société des Avions Marcel Bloch was founded by Marcel Bloch in 1928. In 1935 Bloch and Henry Potez entered into an agreement to buy Societe Aerienne Bordelaise (SAB), subsequently renamed Societe Aeronautique du Sud-Ouest. In 1936 the arms industry in France was nationalised as the Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud-Ouest (SNCASO). Marcel Bloch was asked to act as delegated administrator of the Minister for Air. During the occupation of France the country's aviation industry was virtually disbanded.Marcel Bloch was imprisoned by the Vichy government in October 1940. In 1944 Bloch was deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp by the German occupiers where he remained until it was liberated on 11 April 1945. On 10 November 1945 at an extraordinary general meeting of the Société Anonyme des Avions Marcel Bloch the company voted to change its form to a limited liability entity, Société des Avions Marcel Bloch, which was to be a holding company. On 20 January 1947 Société des Avions Marcel Bloch became Société des Avions Marcel Dassault to reflect the name adopted by its owner. In 1954 Dassault established an electronics division (by 1962 named Electronique Marcel Dassault), the first action of which was to begin development of airborne radars, soon followed by seeker heads for air-to-air missiles, navigation and bombing aids. From the 1950s to late 1970s exports become a major part of Dassault's business, major successes were the Dassault Mirage series and the Mystere-Falcon. The average rate in the period 1952-1977 was 58%. In the years 1965 and 1966 the French government stressed to its various defence suppliers the need to specialize to maintain viable companies. Dassault was to specialise in combat and business aircraft, Nord Aviation in ballistic missiles and Sud Aviation civil and military transport aircraft and helicopters.(Nord Aviations and Sud Aviation would merge in 1970 to form Aérospatiale) . On 27 June 1967 Dassault (at the urging of the French government) acquired 66% of Breguet Aviation. Under the merger deal Société des Avions Marcel Dassault was dissolved on 14 December 1971, with its assets vested in Breguet, to be renamed Avions Marcel Dassault-Bregeut Aviation (AMD-BA). Dassault Systèmes was established in 1981 to develop and market Dassault's CAD program, CATIA. Dassault Systèmes was to become a market leader in this field. In 1979 the French Government took a 20% share in Dassault and established the Societé de Gestion de Participations Aéronautiques (SOGEPA) to manage this and an indirect 25% share in Aerospatiale (the government also held a direct 75% share in that company). In 1998 the French Government transferred its shares in Dassault Aviation (45.76%) to Aerospatiale. On 10 July 2000, Aérospatiale-Matra merged with other European companies to form EADS. In 2000 Serge Dassault resigned as Chairman and was succeeded by Charles Edlestenne. Serge Dassault was appointed Honorary Chairman. Tags: Dassault Aviation Rafale nEROn multirole fighter jet aircraft military aviation Boeing F-22 Airbus A-380 war USA iraq F1

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Dassault Rafale The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engined delta-wing highly agile multi-role fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Dassault uses 'Omni Role' as a marketing term in an effort to differentiate the aircraft from other 'multi-role' fighters that have primary and secondary roles. Dassault also uses the term to indicate the Rafale's ability to switch from one role to another during a single sortie, although the term is mostly meant to encapsulate the fact that the Rafale is replacing seven specialised planes Tags: sky jet pilot airplane warbird france fighter dassault aircraft airforce boeing airbus 747 787 a380 aviation rafale

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Dassault Mirage 2000 An awesome clip i found around internet featuring some of the best pics of the Mirage 2000 with a great soundtrack (Moody Blues - Talking out of turn). It also places a little homage to Santos Dumont ("father of aviation") and to Marcel Dassault, who created the Mirage and the Dassault Aviation Company. Tags: Moody Blues Talking out of turn Dassault Mirage 2000 Santos Dumont Aviation

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Wild Fly - French Dassault Mirage 2000 in Morocco Another sequence of ultra low desert flying. This time with two French Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter jets in Morocco Tags: Dassault Aviation Mirage Mirage2000 2000 French Air Force Morocco Maroc Jet Armee Airplane Flying Plane Avion Vol

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Dassault Mirage III The Dassault Mirage III is a supersonic fighter aircraft designed in France by Dassault Aviation during the 1950s, and manufactured both in France and a number of other countries. It was a successful fighter aircraft, being sold to many air forces around the world and remaining in production for over a decade. Some of the world's smaller air forces still fly Mirage IIIs or variants as front-line equipment today, including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Gabon, Libya, Pakistan (largest operator), and Venezuela.The Mirage III family grew out of French government studies begun in 1952 that led in early 1953 to a specification for a lightweight, all-weather interceptor capable of climbing to 18,000 m (59,040 ft) in six minutes and able to reach Mach 1.3 in level flight. Dassault's response to the specification was the Mystère-Delta 550, a sporty-looking little jet that was to be powered by twin Armstrong Siddeley MD30R Viper afterburning turbojets, each with thrust of 9.61 kN (2,160 lbf). A SEPR liquid-fuel rocket motor was to provide additional burst thrust of 14.7 kN (3,300 lbf). The aircraft had a tailless delta configuration, with a 5% chord (ratio of airfoil thickness to length) and 60 degree sweep. The tailless delta configuration has a number of limitations. The lack of a horizontal stabilizer means flaps cannot be used, resulting in a long take-off run and a high landing speed. The delta wing itself limits maneuverability; and suffers from buffeting at low altitude, due to the large wing area and resulting low wing loading. However, the delta is a simple and pleasing design, easily built and robust, capable of high speed in a straight line, and with plenty of space in the wing for fuel storage. The first prototype of the Mystere-Delta, without afterburning engine or rocket motor and an absurdly large vertical tailfin, flew on 25 June 1955. After some redesign, reduction of the tailfin to more rational size, installation of afterburners and rocket motor, and renaming to Mirage I, the prototype attained Mach 1.3 in level flight without the rocket, and Mach 1.6 with the rocket lit in late 1955.The first major production model of the Mirage series, the Mirage IIIC, first flew in October 1960. The IIIC was largely similar to the IIIA, though a little under a half meter longer and brought up to full operational fit. The IIIC was a single-seat interceptor, with an Atar 09B turbojet engine, featuring an "eyelet" style variable exhaust. The Mirage IIIC was armed with twin 30 mm DEFA revolver-type cannon, fitted in the belly with the gun ports under the air intakes. Early Mirage IIIC production had three stores pylons, one under the fuselage and one under each wing, but a second outboard pylon was quickly added to each wing, for a total of five. The outboard pylon was intended to carry a Sidewinder air-to-air missile (AAM), later replaced by Matra Magic.The Mirage IIIC was exported to Israel as the Mirage IIICJ, to South Africa as the Mirage IIICZ, and to Switzerland as the Mirage IIICS, to which one was sold in preparation for license construction. Some export customers obtained the Mirage IIIB, with designations only changed to provide a country code. Such as the Mirage IIIDA for Argentina, Mirage IIIDBR and Mirage IIIDBR-2 for Brazil. Mirage IIIBJ for Israel, Mirage IIIDL for Lebanon, Mirage IIIDP for Pakistan, Mirage IIIBZ and Mirage IIIDZ and Mirage IIID2Z for South Africa, Mirage IIIDE for Spain, Mirage IIIBS and Mirage IIIDS for Switzerland, Mirage IIIDV for Venezuela. * Crew: 1 * Length: 15 m (49 ft 3.5 in) * Wingspan: 8.22 m (26 ft 11 in) * Height: 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) * Wing area: 34.85 m² (375 ft²)3 * Empty weight: 7,050 kg (15,600 lb) * Max takeoff weight: 13,500 kg (29,700 lb) * Powerplant: 1× SNECMA Atar 09C turbojet * Maximum speed: Mach 2.2 (2,350 km/h, 1,460 mph) * Range: 2,400 km (1,300 NM, 1,500 mi) * Service ceiling: 17,000 m (56,000 ft) * Rate of climb: 83.3 m/s (16,400 ft/min) * Wing loading: 387 kg/m² (79 lb/ft²) Tags: Dassault Mirage III supersonic fighter jet aircraft war iraq afghanistan boeing airbus lockheed martin skunk works sky

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Dassault Falcon 7X extreme trials Cold soak trials ahead of the curve performance and efficiency flight tests for the Dassault Falcon 7X business jet. Tags: Dassault Falcon 7X business jet aviation tests extreme cold soak

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Dassault Delta Wing Family Dassault Aviation is a French aircraft manufacturer of military, regional and business jets. It was founded in 1930 by Marcel Bloch as Société des Avions Marcel Bloch or "MB". After World War II, Marcel Bloch changed his name to Marcel Dassault, and the name of the company was changed to Avions Marcel Dassault on 20 December 1947. In 1971, Dassault acquired Breguet, forming Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation (AMD-BA). In 1990, the company was renamed Dassault Aviation.The Société des Avions Marcel Bloch was founded by Marcel Bloch in 1930. In 1935 Bloch and Henry Potez entered into an agreement to buy Société Aérienne Bordelaise (SAB), subsequently renamed Société Aéronautique du Sud-Ouest. In 1936 the arms industry in France was nationalised as the Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud-Ouest (SNCASO). Marcel Bloch was asked to act as delegated administrator of the Minister for Air. During the occupation of France the country's aviation industry was virtually disbanded.Marcel Bloch was imprisoned by the Vichy government in October 1940. In 1944 Bloch was deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp by the German occupiers where he remained until it was liberated on 11 April 1945. On 10 November 1945 at an extraordinary general meeting of the Société Anonyme des Avions Marcel Bloch the company voted to change its form to a limited liability entity, Société des Avions Marcel Bloch, which was to be a holding company. On 20 January 1947 Société des Avions Marcel Bloch became Société des Avions Marcel Dassault to reflect the name adopted by its owner. In 1954 Dassault established an electronics division (by 1962 named Electronique Marcel Dassault), the first action of which was to begin development of airborne radars, soon followed by seeker heads for air-to-air missiles, navigation and bombing aids. From the 1950s to late 1970s exports become a major part of Dassault's business, major successes were the Dassault Mirage series and the Mystere-Falcon. The average rate in the period 1952-1977 was 58%.In the years 1965 and 1966 the French government stressed to its various defence suppliers the need to specialize to maintain viable companies. Dassault was to specialise in combat and business aircraft, Nord Aviation in ballistic missiles and Sud Aviation civil and military transport aircraft and helicopters.(Nord Aviations and Sud Aviation would merge in 1970 to form Aérospatiale) . On 27 June 1967 Dassault (at the urging of the French government) acquired 66% of Breguet Aviation. Under the merger deal Société des Avions Marcel Dassault was dissolved on 14 December 1971, with its assets vested in Breguet, to be renamed Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation (AMD-BA). Dassault Systèmes was established in 1981 to develop and market Dassault's CAD program, CATIA. Dassault Systèmes was to become a market leader in this field. In 1979 the French Government took a 20% share in Dassault and established the Societé de Gestion de Participations Aéronautiques (SOGEPA) to manage this and an indirect 25% share in Aerospatiale (the government also held a direct 75% share in that company). In 1998 the French Government transferred its shares in Dassault Aviation (45.76%) to Aerospatiale. On 10 July 2000, Aérospatiale-Matra merged with other European companies to form EADS. Tags: Dassault Delta wing family rafale mirage F-1 F-104 c-130 war military aviation fighter jet boeing Airbus Sukhoi Eads

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Dassault, essais à Istres video publicitaire Dassault, test center d' Istres Tags: dassault falcon istres

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Dassault Falcon http://www.aviationlive.org Online Aviation Pics,Videos and Forum The Falcon is a family of business jets manufactured by Dassault Aviation. Early members of this family were known as the Mystère within France, "Falcon" originally being an export name only. The Falcon began its career in United States in 1965 as a business jet operated by Pan American Airways Corporation. The first aircraft family of Federal Express was the Falcon 20 in 1972. The United States Coast Guard uses the Falcon 20. First adopted in 1983, it remains in service. The main designation is HU-25 Guardian. Aircraft include: * Falcon 10 (later versions known as Falcon 100) Scaled down Falcon 20 * Falcon 20 (later versions known as Falcon 200) Original plane in successful family of aircraft. * Falcon 30 (improved version of the Falcon 20 - prototype only) * Falcon 50 Trijet. * Falcon 900 Stretched transcontinental trijet. * Falcon 2000 Scaled down twin jet Falcon 900 derivative. * Falcon 7X (originally Falcon FNX) Development The aircraft has over 165 orders to date,. It has received its Type certification from both FAA and EASA on 27 April 2007. The first 7X, MSN05, entered service on June 15th 2007. In 2001, the Falcon 7X, at approximately $35 million, was nearly $10 million cheaper than its nearest competitors in the long range, large cabin market segment, the Gulfstream G550 and Bombardier Global Express.Its 2007 cost is $41 million. Dassault Falcon 7X Flight Deck Dassault Falcon 7X Flight Deck It is the first fully fly-by-wire business jet. It is also equipped with the same avionics suite, the Honeywell Primus EPIC "Enhanced Avionics System" (EASy), that was used on the Falcon 900EX and later on the Falcon 2000EX. The Falcon 7X is notable for its extensive use of computer aided design, claiming to be the "first aircraft to be designed entirely on a virtual platform" using Dassault Systemes CATIA and PLM products. Specifications (Falcon 7X) Image:Aero-stub img.svgThis aircraft article is missing some (or all) of its specifications. If you have a source, you can help Wikipedia by adding them. Data from Flight 2007 Pocket Guide to Business Aircraft ISBN 0955419506 General characteristics * Crew: Three (pilot/co-pilot & 1 cabin crew) * Capacity: Up to 12 passengers (not including crew) * Length: 23.19 m (76 ft 1 in) * Wingspan: 26.21 m (86 ft) * Height: 7.863 m (25 ft 8 in) * Wing area: 70.7 m² (761 ft²) * Empty weight: 15,456kg (34,072lb) * Useful load: 15,843kg (34,928lb) * Max takeoff weight: 31,299kg (69,000lb) * Powerplant: 3× Pratt & Whitney Canada PW307A turbofans, 28.46 kN (6,400 lbf) each Performance * Maximum speed: 953 km/h (515 knots, 593 mph) * Cruise speed: 900 km/h (486knots, 559mph) * Range: 11,019km (5,950 nm) * Service ceiling 15,545m (51,000 ft) * Wing loading: 435 kg/m² (91 lb/ft²) Avionics Falcon EASy See also is a French large-cabin, long range business jet manufactured by Dassault Aviation, the flagship offering of their business jet line. It was first presented to the public at the 2005 Paris Air Show. Tags: dassault falcon bussiness jet france armee de air

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Dassault Mirage 4000 The Mirage 4000 was a prototype jet fighter developed by Dassault-Breguet as a twin engine version of their Mirage 2000. Both planes have much in common, including their engines (SNECMA M53-2), their Delta shape wings and their semi-circular air intake. The plane first flew in 1979. It was financed as a private venture by Dassault, possibly with Saudi Arabian money. The Mirage 4000 was comparable in size to the United States F-15 Eagle, and would have made an excellent long-range interceptor. Its weight and ordnance capacity also would have made it a very good fighter-bomber. In the early 1980s Dassault ended the program shortly after the Saudis chose the F-15C as their preferred aircraft. The French Air Force preferred to concentrate on the Mirage 2000, leaving Dassault with no customers. Some of the expertise thus gained would later influence the Dassault Rafale, but the only prototype moved to its final residence at the Paris Air & Space Museum in 1995.General characteristics * Crew: 1 * Length: 18.70 m (61 ft 4 in) * Wingspan: 12.00 m (39 ft 4 in) * Height: 5.80 m (19 ft 0 in) * Wing area: 73.0 m² (785 ft²) * Empty weight: 13,000 kg (29,000 lb) * Powerplant: 2× SNECMA M53-2 afterburning turbofans, 83 kN (19,000 lbf) each Performance * Maximum speed: 2,445 km/h (1,320 knots, 1,519 mph) * Range: 2,000 km (1,100 nm, 1,200 mi) * Service ceiling: 20,000 m (66,000 ft) Tags: Dassault Mirage 4000 France fighter bomber cold war jet aircraft Nasa Usaf USA russia Boeing F-22 787 Airbus A-380 pilot

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Dassault Rafale The Dassault Rafale (English: Squall) is a French twin-engined delta-wing highly agile multi-role fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Tags: Dassault Rafale French air force delta wing multirole fighter jet airplane vehicles

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Dassault AVE-D Petit Duc (stealth UAV) test flight 2000 Footages of the test flight filmed by the Dassault Aviation staff in charge of the A.V.E. stealth drone. Petit Duc (bird of prey "Scops Howl") is the codename of this French tactical radar/infrared stealth UAV who led to the nEUROn (stealth UCAV) European project. Tags: Dassault Petit Duc AVE stealth UAV drone furtif flight bird scops howl

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Dassault Rafale Carrier Operations Video from the Dassault Aviation website presenting the Rafale operations on board the French "Charles de Gaulle" aircraft carrier Tags: Dassault Aviation Rafale French Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle Jet Avion Airplane Plane

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Dassault LOGIDUC & nEUROn (stealth UCAV) concept & design Edit video of the promo featurette Dassault Activities, focusing on the UAVs AVE-D Petit, AVE-C Moyen Duc and the nEUROn (UCAV) concept and design. Features a rare 3D concept of a Petit Duc canard delta-wing version. Tags: Dassault LOGIDUC AVE Petit Moyen Duc stealth UAV UCAV drone furtif flight design concept CATIA prototype

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Dassault Super Etendards over Afghanistan Nice video of French Dassault Aviation Super Etendard fighter jets operations on the "Charles de Gaulle" aircraft carrier during combat missions in Afghanistan in 2001/2002 Tags: Dassault Aviation Super Etendard Aircraft French Navy Afghanistan Carrier Jet Flying Plane Avion Vol

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Dassault Aviation Rafale solo performance http://freeaviation.freeforums.org/index.php The Dassault Rafale (English: Squall) is a French twin-engined delta-wing highly agile multi-role fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. The Rafale is being produced both for land-based use with the French Air Force and for carrier-based naval operations with the French Navy. It has also been marketed for export. While several countries have expressed interest in the Rafale, there have been no foreign sales as of yet. In the mid 1970s, both the French Air Force (Armée de l'Air) and Navy (Aéronavale) had a requirement (the Navy's being rather more pressing) to find a new generation of fighter (principally to replace AdlA SEPECAT Jaguars and Aéronavale F-8 Crusaders), and their requirements were similar enough to be merged into one project. The Rafale A technology demonstrator was rolled out in late 1985 and made its maiden flight on 4 July 1986. The SNECMA M88 engines being developed were not considered sufficiently mature for the initial trials programme to be conducted without risk (though their development status has often been underplayed), so the demonstrator flew with General Electric F404-GE-400 afterburning turbofans as used on the F/A-18 Hornet. Production orders were placed in 1988. Further testing continued, including carrier touch-and-go landings and test-flying early M88 engines, before the Rafale A was retired in 1994. Though the Rafale A and British Aerospace EAP were broadly comparable, when the first Eurofighter made its maiden flight in March 1994, pre-series Rafales had been flight-testing for three years, including carrier trials (Rafale C01, Rafale M01, and Rafale B01 first flew in May 1991, December 1991, and April 1993 respectively). Three versions of Rafale were in the initial production order: * Rafale C (Chasseur) Single-seat fighter for the AdA (Armée de l'Air, French Air Force) * Rafale B (Biplace) Two-seat fighter for the AdA * Rafale M (Marine) Single-seat carrier fighter for the Aéronavale The prototype Rafale C flew in 1991, the first of two Rafale M prototypes flew later that year. The prototype Rafale B flew in early 1993, and the second Rafale M prototype flew later that year. Catapult trials were initially carried out between July 13 and August 23, 1992 at NAS Lakehurst in New Jersey, USA and NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, USA, as France had no land-based catapult test facility. The aircraft then undertook trials aboard the carrier Foch. Initially the Rafale B was to be just a trainer, but Gulf War and Kosovo experience showed that a second crewmember is invaluable on strike and reconnaissance missions, and therefore more Rafale Bs were ordered, replacing some Rafale Cs. 60% of the aircraft will be two seaters. A similar decision was made by the Navy, who initially did not have a two-seat aircraft on order; the program nevertheless was stopped. Political and economic uncertainty meant that it was not until 1999 that a production Rafale M flew. Tags: scramble F-16 viper fighting airplane rediness dogfight mirage 2000 Greece Hellas

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Dassault Falcon 7X Fly-by-Wire Business Jet Dassault has introduced a jet that changes the playing field for business jet manufacturers operators and pilots. That jet is the $40 million Falcon 7X... Tags: avweb Dassault Falcon 7X business jet aircraft fly by wire corporate charter flying pilots cockpit glenn pew

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The Dassault Mirage III The Dassault Mirage III is a supersonic fighter aircraft designed in France by Dassault Aviation during the 1950s, and manufactured both in France and a number of other countries. It was a successful fighter aircraft, being sold to many air forces around the world and remaining in production for over a decade. Some of the world's smaller air forces still fly Mirage IIIs or variants as front-line equipment today, including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Gabon, Libya, Pakistan (largest operator), and Venezuela. Tags: dassault mirage III 2000 4000 rafale falcon fighter jet airplane aircraft aviation air force cool amazing queen

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Dassault Rafale Low Level Flight The French Air Force & Navy fighter, Rafale, flying over southern France Tags: Rafale Low Level Dassault

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DASSAULT RAFALE GLOBAL PUNCH Tags: Rafale Dassault Global Punch airplane

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Dassault Rafale Demo http://www.aviationlive.org Online Aviation Pics,Videos and Forum Dassault Rafale Demo - Archangelos Airshow Greece 2005 The Dassault Rafale (English: Squall) is a French twin-engined delta-wing highly agile multi-role fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. The Rafale is being produced both for land-based use with the French Air Force and for carrier-based naval operations with the French Navy. It has also been marketed for export. While several countries have expressed interest in the Rafale, there have been no foreign sales as of yet. The Rafale is now in service in the trials and training role with the French Air Force (CEAM/EC 5/330) and EC 1/7 at Saint-Dizier is expected to receive a nucleus of 8--10 Rafale F2s during the Summer of 2006, and it looks set to enter full operational service (with robust air-to-air and stand off air-to-ground precision attack capabilities) during mid-2007 (when EC 1/7 will have about 20 aircraft, 15 two-seaters and 5 single-seaters). The aircraft is already in limited operational service with the French Navy (Flotille 12F) in the air-to-air role, and has undertaken a great deal of air-to-ground trials and evaluation work. The first Rafale deployed in a combat zone were those of the French Navy during Opération Héraclès, the French participation in Operation Enduring Freedom. They flew from the Charles de Gaulle over Afghanistan as soon as 2002, but the F1 standard precluded air-to-ground missions and the Rafale did not see any action. In 2007, after a "crash program" enhancement some six Rafale were given the ability to drop laser-guided bombs, in view of engaging them in Afghanistan. Three of these aircraft belonging to the Air Force were deployed to Dushanbe in Tadjikistan, while the three others were Rafale Marine of the Navy on board the Charles De Gaulle.the first mission occurred on March 12, and the first GBU-12 was launched on March 28 in support of embattled Dutch troops in Southern Afghanistan, marking the operational début of the Rafale. However, they still have to rely on Mirage 2000Ds and Super Entendards carrying laser designation pods to illuminate their targets. On 6 December 2007 a French Air Force twin-seat aircraft with a single occupant, on a training flight from the Saint-Dizier base, crashed in an uninhabited part of the Neuvic parish in the Correze area, with the loss of its pilot. This was the first loss of a Rafale. On 10 January 2008, on RTL, Minister of Defence Hervé Morin stated that the cause of the crash was "pilot disorientation". The cockpit uses a Martin-Baker Mark 16F "zero-zero" ejection seat, i.e. capable of being used at zero speed and zero altitude. The seat is inclined 29 degrees backwards to improve G force tolerance. The canopy hinges open to the right. An on-board oxygen generating system is provided to eliminate the need for multiple oxygen canisters. The cockpit includes a wide-angle holographic Head Up Display (HUD) and two head-down flat-panel colour multifunction displays ( MFDs). Display interaction is by means of touch input for which the pilot wears silk-lined leather gloves. In addition, in full development, the pilot will have a Helmet-Mounted Display ( HMD). The pilot flies the aircraft with a side-stick controller mounted on his right and a throttle on his left. These incorporate multiple `hands on throttle and stick' (HOTAS) controls. The Rafale cockpit is also planned to include Direct Voice Input (DVI), allowing for pilot action by voice commands. Radar Signature Reduction features Although not a true stealth aircraft, the Rafale has reduced radar signature measures like many of its contemporaries such as the Super Hornet and Typhoon. According to Dassault, while most of the stealth design features are classified, extensive use of composite materials and serrated patterns on the trailing edges of the wings and canards help to reduce the radar cross section. Tags: dassault rafale demo solo acrobatic airshow greece haf archangelos 2005

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DASSAULT MIRAGE 2000 KOSOVO 1999 DASSAULT MIRAGE 2000 OVER KOSOVO 1999 Tags: DASSAULT MIRAGE 2000 OVER KOSOVO 1999

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Dassault Rafale - Test du missile MICA Test du missile MICA (Attention: Les messages offensants seront effacés / Offending messages will be erased) Tags: dassault rafale test missile mica french air force armée de l'air

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