# List of active military aircraft of the French Armed Forces

The following is a list of military aircraft currently in service in the three main branches of the French Armed Forces: French Army, French Navy, and French Air and Space Force.

## Air Force

| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
| Combat aircraft ||||||
| Dassault Rafale | France | Multirole | B / C | 95 | 117 on order |
| Dassault Mirage 2000 | France | Multirole | 2000D2000-5F | 6526 | |
| AWACS ||||||
| Boeing E-3 Sentry | United States | AEW&C | E-3F | 4 | |
| Reconnaissance ||||||
| Dassault Falcon 8X | France | SIGINT / ELINT | | 0 | 3 on order |
| Beechcraft Super King Air | United States | ISTAR / SIGINT | | 2 | 3 on order |
| Tanker ||||||
| Airbus A330 MRTT | Europe | Aerial refueling / Transport | | 12 | 3 on order |
| Lockheed KC-130J | United States | Aerial refueling / Transport | | 2 | |
| Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker | United States | Aerial refueling / Transport | | 5 | |
| Transport ||||||
| Airbus A330-200 | Europe | VIP transport | | 5 | |
| Airbus A400M Atlas | Europe | Tactical airlifter | | 24 | 26 on order |
| Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules | United States | Tactical airlifter | | 2 | |
| Lockheed C-130 Hercules | United States | Tactical airlifter | | 14 | |
| CASA CN235 | Spain | Tactical airlifter | | 27 | |
| Socata TBM 700 | France | Liaison | | 15 | |
| DHC-6 Twin Otter | Canada | Liaison | | 5 | |
| Helicopter ||||||
| Airbus H225M Caracal | Europe | Transport / CSAR | | 13 | 9 on order |
| Airbus H160M Guépard | Europe | Utility | | 0 | 40 on order |
| Airbus H215 Super Puma | France | VIP transport | | 3 | |
| Aérospatiale SA330 Puma | France | Utility | | 21 | |
| Eurocopter AS555 Fennec | Europe | Utility | | 40 | |
| Trainer ||||||
| Dassault Mirage 2000 | France | Conversion trainer | | 6 | |
| Pilatus PC-21 | Switzerland | Advanced trainer | | 26 | |
| Embraer EMB 121 Xingu | Brazil | Trainer | | 17 | |
| Beechcraft Super King Air 350 | United States | Trainer | | 1 | |
| Grob 120A-F | Germany | Basic trainer | | 18 | |
| Cirrus SR20 | United States | Basic trainer | | 16 | |
| Cirrus SR22 | United States | Basic trainer | | 9 | |
| Airbus H225M | Europe | Rotorcraft trainer | | 1 | |
| Alpha Jet | France | Jet trainer | | 27 | |
| UAVs ||||||
| General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper | United States | ISTAR / UCAV | | 16 | |

## Navy

| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
| Combat aircraft ||||||
| Dassault Rafale | France | Multirole | M | 41 | 12 on order |
| AWACS ||||||
| Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye | United States | AEW&C | | 3 | 3 on order |
| Maritime patrol ||||||
| Bréguet 1150 Atlantic | France | ASW / Maritime patrol | | 22 | |
| Dassault Falcon 20 | France | Maritime patrol | | 5 | |
| Dassault Falcon 50 | France | Maritime patrol | | 8 | |
| Dassault Falcon 2000 | France | Maritime patrol | | | 12 on order |
| Transport ||||||
| Embraer EMB 121 Xingu | Brazil | Transport | | 10 | |
| Dassault Falcon 10 | France | Transport | | 6 | |
| Helicopter ||||||
| NHIndustries NH90 | Europe | ASW / SAR | | 27 | |
| Airbus H160M Guépard | Europe | ASuW / SAR | | 4 | 49 on order |
| Eurocopter AS565 Panther | Europe | Utility | | 38 | |

## Army

| Aircraft | Origin | Type | In service | Notes |
| Helicopter ||||||
| Eurocopter Tiger | Europe | Attack | 69 | |
| NHIndustries NH90 | Europe | Utility | 63 | The total of 63 NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopter (TTH) Standard 1 helicopters delivered in February 2025. Another 18 NH90 TTH Standard 2 helicopters on order. |
| Airbus H225M | Europe | Utility | 8 | |
| Airbus Helicopters H160 | Europe | Utility | 0 | 80 on order |
| Eurocopter AS532 Cougar | Europe | Utility | 25 | |
| Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma | France | Utility | 17 | |
| Aérospatiale Gazelle | France | Utility | 106 | |
| Transport ||||||
| Pilatus PC-6 Porter | Switzerland | Transport | 5 | |
| Socata TBM 700 | France | Transport | 9 | |
| Trainer aircraft ||||||
| Eurocopter AS555 Fennec | Europe | Rotorcraft trainer | 17 | |