Well-known French journalist, author, pilot, THE voice of aerial meetings in France (La Ferté-Alais air show, Salon du Bourget air show, Paris Villaroche Air Legend and so on). He was 78 y.o.
a.v. roe and company / avro
austin motor company
cold war
france
great britain
lincolnshire aviation heritage centre
marine nationale
raf bomber command
royal air force
world war ii
This was idea I had reading the merage IV threads, the idea being the the lockheed bribery scandal breaks in Germany befor the deal goes though leading to anything American becoming politically toxic, this leads to Germany (and though them the rest of the nato f-104 block) to buy the Mirage III...
2022
cold war
early 21st century
france
french fifth republic
imperial state of iran
islamic republic of iran
late 20th century
paris charles de gaulle airport
popular culture
post-cold war
roissy airport
1er groupement de missiles stratégiques
armeé de l'air
cold war
commandement des forces aériennes stratégiques
early 1990s
force de dissuasion
forces aériennes stratégiques
france
french fifth republic
icbm
intermediate range ballistic missile
late 1980s
nuclear battlefield
sol-sol balistique stratégique
I don't know if you have more info about this.
The French magazine RAIDS, dedicated its special issue N°73 to the "Secret Projects of the French Armoured Forces" published during winter 2019-2020.
I haven't managed to get hold of the magazine yet, but it mentions the AMX-APX ALLARM project with...
AII information I can get from wiki about the missiles is vague. “The Super 530F and Super 530D share the same general aerodynamic features and internal layout with cruciform low aspect ratio wings, cruciform aft controls, and 30 kg high explosive fragmentation warhead. However the 530D has a...
Quoted by Gary Paul Johnston and Thomas B. Nelson in "The World's Assault Rifles" - This rather curious and unusual weapon was part of a program during the 1970s to develop a very high rate of fire assault rifle (RFCT: Rifle à Forte Cadence de Tir ). Firing rate experiments were carried out by...
After reviewing various resources, I found information, about battleship Strasbourg, after the end of the war, was proposed to be rebuilt as a light aircraft carrier. But there is very little information and this is at the level of "mentions". Now I wondered if there was such a project or did it...
France, Germany and Sweden have agreed to develop a new medium-size tactical transport plane.
this is intended to replace the C-130J in the 2040's and supplement the Airbus A400M
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/france-germany-sweden-launch-future-transport-aircraft
personel...
2020s
2040s
armée de l'air et de l'espace
cold war ii
european defence fund
federal republic of germany
france
kingdom of sweden
luftwaffe
royal swedish air force
So I was reading " concorde and the Americans" and one of the things that caught my eye was that neither Britain or France were each others first choice.
Britain originally wanted to work with America inorder to build the first supersonic jet, but the Americans were set on there mach 2.7 speed...
alternate history
cold war
federal republic of germany
france
french fifth republic
jet age
société des avions marcel dassault
sud aviation
supersonic
west germany
western europe
This is a rough TL sketch.
POD is October 20, 1971. http://www.ffaa.net/projects/jaguar/jaguar_fr.htm
That day, off Marseille, the Foch is flight testing Jaguar M05, that is: the navalized fifth prototype. As the aircraft is returned to the hangar for maintenance, one mechanic raise alarm...
1970s
aéronavale
alternate history
cold war
dassault-breguet
fleet air arm
france
french fifth republic
great britain
harrier carrier
hawker siddeley aviation ltd
marine nationale
royal navy
sea harrier
v/stol
vstol carriers
vtol
What happens if Dassault gets his hands on a jet engine that fits the Etendard and allows it to become a properly supersonic fighter?
Could this tip the balance and see them ordered instead of F8 Crusaders?
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