Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The French Air & Space Force (Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace) Dassault Rafale C solo display on Sunday of the Royal International Air Tattoo 2023 at RAF Fairford, UK. The aircraft is from Escadron de Transformation Rafale 3/4 'Aquitaine' based at Base aérienne 113 (BA113) Saint-Dizier. The pilot, Capitaine Bertrand "Bubu" Butin, was awarded The Sir Douglas Bader Trophy for the Best Individual Flying Display.
The prototype Rafale first took to the air as long ago as 1986, but this is an aircraft at the cutting edge of modern fighter technology. The French Air Force flies both the single-seat Rafale C and two-seat Rafale B variants, while the French Navy operates the carrier-borne Rafale M. Both air arms have taken this very agile multi-role machine - capable of air-to-air, air-to-ground (including nuclear strike) and reconnaissance missions - to war in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Mali and Syria. Having signed up to be the type's debut export customer, Egypt has been receiving its Rafales, and further deals have been signed with India and Qatar. Other nations are eyeing the type.
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The French Air & Space Force (Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace) Dassault Rafale C solo display on Sunday of the Royal International Air Tattoo 2023 at RAF Fairford, UK. The aircraft is from Escadron de Transformation Rafale 3/4 'Aquitaine' based at Base aérienne 113 (BA113) Saint-Dizier. The pilot, Capitaine Bertrand "Bubu" Butin, was awarded The Sir Douglas Bader Trophy for the Best Individual Flying Display.
The prototype Rafale first took to the air as long ago as 1986, but this is an aircraft at the cutting edge of modern fighter technology. The French Air Force flies both the single-seat Rafale C and two-seat Rafale B variants, while the French Navy operates the carrier-borne Rafale M. Both air arms have taken this very agile multi-role machine - capable of air-to-air, air-to-ground (including nuclear strike) and reconnaissance missions - to war in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Mali and Syria. Having signed up to be the type's debut export customer, Egypt has been receiving its Rafales, and further deals have been signed with India and Qatar. Other nations are eyeing the type.
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Copyright © StephenKeeler (HightFlight/SkyHighFlightTV) All Rights Reserved
