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Patrouille de France
Patrouille de France
Active
Active since 1931: Patrouille d'Étampes Patrouille de l'École de l'Air Patrouille de France (official demonstration) 14 September 1931 – Present
Country
France
Branch
French Air and Space Force
Role
Aerobatic flight display team
Size
10 Alpha Jet out of which 8 in flight (total size 41)
Base
Base Aérienne 701 Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Nickname(s)
La PAF
Colors
Blue, white and red
Equipment
Alpha Jet
Commanders
Notable commanders
1st Commandant of the Patrouille in 1953 Général de corps aérien Pierre Delachenal[1]
Aircraft flown
Trainer
1953–1954 Republic F-84 1954–1957 Dassault Ouragan 1957–1964 Dassault Mystère IV 1964–1981 Fouga Magister 1981–present Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet
Military unit
The Patrouille acrobatique de France (French pronunciation:[patʁujakʁɔbatikdəfʁɑ̃s], "French Acrobatic Patrol"), also known as the Patrouille de France (PAF), is the precision aerobatics demonstration unit of the French Air and Space Force, officially commissioned in 1953.
Using the French Aerial Aerobatics (French: Voltige aérienne Française) unit of the French Air and Space Force, the mission is to represent it and lead the ambassadorship role of French aeronautics overseas. Stationed at Aerial Base 701 Salon-de-Provence in Bouches-du-Rhône, it is the oldest (active since 1931) and considered one of the best in the world.[2] Comprising 9 pilots and 35 mechanics, the patrol (La Patrouille) splits its time between winter season (saison hivernale) training and summer season (saison estivale) aerial displays.
The unit traditionally opens the Bastille Day military parade in Paris with 9 Alpha Jets, presenting a twenty-minute demonstration of formation changes and crossovers narrated by the director of the French Air Force presentation team, also a jet pilot as well as the public relations officer. Each maneuver is filmed by a photo and video specialist, as a pilot is also usually present (often the replacement pilot), supervising the communications between the PAF and the controller for flight safety.
^Général de corps aérien Pierre Delachenal (French: Pierre Delachenal), 1st Commandant of the Patrouille de France as of the official Aerial presentation on 14 September 1953, Commander of the 13th Aerial Brigade, World War II Veteran with 165 war missions.
^Charles Bremner – Times Online – WBLG: French pilots show women can fly Archived 7 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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