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French Air Force - Contemporary Aircraft

This highly illustrated volume looks at the French Air Force as it sees the withdrawal of the Transall Gabriel and the Dassault Mirage 2000C in 2022.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Henri-Pierre Grolleau
Uitvoering:	128 blz, 24.5 x 17 cm, paperback
Illustraties:	rijk geïllustreerd met kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	Key Publishing Ltd (GB, 2023)
Serie:	Air Forces
ISBN:	9781802824261

French Naval Aviation

De afgelopen 20 jaar heeft de Aéronautique Navale, de Franse marineluchtvaart, zich ontwikkeld tot een zeer capabele strijdmacht. Het beschikt over een diverse vloot, waaronder Rafale Marine-gevechtsvliegtuigen, E-2C Hawkeye-vliegtuigen voor vroege waarschuwing en Falcon 50, Gardian en Atlantique 2 maritieme patrouillevliegtuigen. De helikoptereenheden omvatten de Dauphin, Panther, Alouette en Caïman, terwijl trainings- en transportmissies worden uitgevoerd door de CAP 10, Xingu en Falcon 10.
Ondersteund door bekwame ingenieurs, luchtverkeersleiders, inlichtingenspecialisten en brandweerlieden, voert het goed opgeleide personeel missies uit over land en zee, zowel in Frankrijk als in het buitenland.

Dit boek is geïllustreerd met meer dan 200 kleurenafbeeldingen en biedt een diepgaand inzicht in de dagelijkse operaties van moderne Aéronautique Navale-squadrons, met een gedetailleerd inzicht in hun missies en routines.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Henri-Pierre Grolleau
Uitvoering:	96 blz, 22 x 2 x 14 cm, paperback
Illustraties:	200+ kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	Key Publishing Ltd (GB, 2022)
Serie:	Modern Military Aircraft
ISBN:	9781802821956

French Secret Projects 2: Bombers, Patrol and Assault Aircraft

As early as 1944 France began the task of re-building its military aircraft industry and developing high performance aircraft for its armed forces. In doing so, French aircraft manufacturers produced some of the most innovative, and indeed outlandish, bomber projects, proposals, designs and prototypes of the Cold War era.
Many French bomber projects started life in response to proposals from the French armed forces. Others were originated by the industry itself, it was also not unusual for rejected fighter designs to be entered in bomber competitions, etc.

As France became a nuclear power, so its requirement for nuclear strike aircraft (such as the Dassault Minerve V) grew, and many projects for advanced strike aircraft, including Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) designs, followed. Turbojet, ramjet and rocket propulsion and supersonic designs were all researched, sometimes taking advantage of captured German 'wartime technology or using national pre-war research.

Companion volume to the acclaimed "French Secret Projects 1"; period drawings, promotional art, photographs of prototype aircraft, mock-ups, wind tunnel and promotional models are all combined to present, in "French Secret Projects 2", a comprehensive view of French military bomber and strike aircraft designs from the Liberation of France to the late twentieth-century.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Jean-Christophe Carbonel
Uitvoering:	256 blz, 29 x 21.5 cm, harde kaft
Illustraties:	450+ z/w- en kleurenfoto's, tekeningen
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	Crecy Publishing (GB, 2017)
ISBN:	9781910809068

Prototypes de l'aviation française 1945-1960

Door de oorlogsjaren had de Franse luchtvaartindustrie een aanzienlijke technologische achterstand opgelopen. Men deed er dan ook alles aan om weer een kopposititie te bereiken en was daarbij heel inventief

Dit interessante naslagwerk geeft een chronologisch overzicht van alle prototypen, die Franse vliegtuigfabrieken tussen 1945 en 1960 produceerden. Veel foto's werden nooit eerder gepubliceerd.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Jean-Claude Fayer
Uitvoering:	320 blz, 28.5 x 22 cm, harde kaft
Illustraties:	300 foto's
Taal:	Frans
Uitgever:	ETAI (F, 2002)
ISBN:	9782726886083

Avions nucléaires français, de 1964 à nos jours

Since October 1964, the piloted air component has continuously ensured strategic and tactical nuclear monitoring. Like nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, this available and operational component can, at any time, be put on alert and activated on the orders of the President of the Republic if the extreme seriousness and imminence of a threat against France were proven.

For the first time, a book traces the history of French nuclear aircraft, the history of their nuclear weapons and their deterrence missions implemented by the Strategic Air Forces, the oldest command of the Air Force, since 1964, by the Tactical Air Force from 1973 to 1991 and by the French Navy since 1979.

All airborne nuclear weapon systems - the aircraft/nuclear weapon pair - are discussed in their context, at the technical level and at the operational level in squadrons and flotillas:
- Mirage IV A/ANM, Mirage IV P/ASMP, Mirage III E/ANT,
- Jaguar A/ANT,
- Super Etendard /ANT, Super Etendard - SEM /ASMP,
- Mirage 2000 N/ASMP, Mirage 2000 Nk3/ASMP-A,
- Rafale M F3/ASMP-A and Rafale B F3/ASMP-A.

The history of these piloted air vectors, written by one of the best specialists on the subject, is abundantly illustrated by numerous documents, often rare and unpublished, which make it a reference book.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Hervé Beaumont
Uitvoering:	224 blz, 31 x 23.5 cm, harde kaft
Illustraties:	695 z/w- en kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Frans
Uitgever:	ETAI (F, 2016)
ISBN:	9791028301354

Les ailes de l'armée de Terre

Initially born from the sole needs of artillery, then from those of the land fighter to free himself from the contingencies of the terrain, the air resources of the Army were quickly structured by operations in the Indochinese and Algerian theaters.
In 1954, the French Army Light Aviation was officially created, which, present since then in all theaters of operations, has constantly been able to renew and adapt its modes of action. A maturation that has made this weapon evolve from air mobility to air combat, today a decisive asset of the forces. Initially equipped with light aircraft, the ALAT was to participate in the dazzling evolution of the helicopter, and in particular in the development of its employment concepts.

Largely illustrated and including technical sheets, this book offers us an overview of the different aircraft by theme. It takes us from the observation and liaison aircraft, whose use on the ground began before the creation of the ALAT, to the latest developments of helicopters, the "HNG".
It does not forget to mention certain devices whose use was only carried out as experiments but also the drones which participate, in their own way, in this mastery by the Army of the third dimension.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Lionel Chauprade
Uitvoering:	106 blz, 24 x 17 x 0.6 cm, paperback
Illustraties:	rijk geïllustreerd met z/w- en kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Frans
Uitgever:	Cépaduès Editions (F, 2015)
ISBN:	9782364931671

Aéronavale Française

For over a century, the French Navy has maintained, against all odds, a naval air force that it hopes will be as powerful and coherent as possible. The investments are colossal, the sacrifices numerous, but none of them are ever made in vain.

France can now count on particularly potent naval aviation, centered on an aircraft carrier and its embarked aviation, but also strong in combat flotillas and support squadrons based on land. More than 200 planes and helicopters in total, served by 6 700 sailors of the sky. An exceptional community to which this book is dedicated.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Frédéric Lert
Uitvoering:	148 blz, 19 x 26 cm, paperback
Illustraties:	rijk geïllustreerd met z/w- en kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Frans
Uitgever:	Histoire & Collections (F, 2015)
ISBN:	9782352503927

Escadron de chasse La Fayette - de Nieuport au Mirage 2000N

At the beginning of the First World War, a group of young American volunteers wanted to join the French Air Force and fight alongside France. They dreamed of forming a squadron composed of American pilots.
In April 1916, Squadron No. 124, called the American Escadrille, was created in Luxeuil. Named Escadrille La Fayette in December 1916, it occupied a legendary place in the history of the Air Force.
Over the years, associated with SPA 167, then SPA 160, 96 and 81, N 124 was transformed into a Fighter Group and then into Fighter Squadron 2/4 La Fayette in November 1949.

In this book, rich in more than 450 photos and 17 profiles, Alain Vezin retraces the extraordinary epic of the La Fayette squadron from 1916 to 2011. You will discover the aircraft that successively equipped it: Nieuport 11/17/27/28, SPAD 7/13, Nieuport-Delage 29/62/622, Loire-Gourdou-Leseurre 32, Dewoitine 500/501 and 520, Curtiss H-75 and P-40, Republic P-47, Spitfire, DH 100 Vampire, Ouragan, Republic F-84F, Mirage IIIE and Mirage 2000N.
Many stories will make you relive with intensity the combats in which the La Fayette squadron was engaged, since the First World War. You will board a Nieuport 11 for an aerial combat over Verdun, a Curtiss H-75 attacking a formation of He 111s, a Spitfire in Indochina or even a Mirage IIIE armed with a nuclear bomb.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Alain Vézin
Uitvoering:	320 blz, 31 x 23.5 cm, harde kaft
Illustraties:	450 z/w- en kleurenfoto's, 17 profieltekeningen
Taal:	Frans
Uitgever:	ETAI (F, 2012)
ISBN:	9782726896365

Jets de combat - du Vampire au Rafale

The result of Alain Crosnier and Philippe Roman's direct experience with Air Force aviators, this book offers a unique overview of more than fifty years of combat aviation in France. From the Vampire, in service since 1948, to the Rafale, a concentrate of advanced technologies, the evolution of French fighters is traced: from American aircraft to the first French creations, to the Mirage 2000, the current spearhead.

While the planes have changed, the passion of the crews and mechanics remains intact. This book tells the story of fighter and bomber units, from their bases in France to distant theaters of operations in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. Enriched with testimonies from pilots and navigators as well as many unpublished photographs, it immerses the reader in the air action.

Both a historical reference and an exclusive illustrated album, this book is aimed at military aeronautics enthusiasts and anyone fascinated by combat aircraft. It highlights the epic of the conquerors of the sky, immortalized in white streaks drawn in the azure.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Alain Crosnier, Philippe Roman
Uitvoering:	192 blz, 31 x 23.5 cm, harde kaft
Illustraties:	300 kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Frans
Uitgever:	ETAI (F, 2003)
ISBN:	9782726893388