French Air Force

The **French Air Force** (, literally **Army of the Air**) is the air force of France. It was formed in 1909 as the ''Service Aéronautique de l'Armée*, part of the French Army, and finally independent in 1934 in its current form. In 2013 it has an important fleet of aircraft.

## Gallery 
### French air force bases 
In France the air force bases are called *Bases Aériennes* or *BA'' and have a number, like Base Aérienne 117 in Paris.

Image:Ba117.jpg|Paris air force base and his exposed Mirage III.
Image:Base aérienne 273 Romorantin-Lanthenay.jpg|BA-273 at Romorantin.

### Former aircraft of the French Air Force 

Image:Dewoitine510.jpg|Interwar period fighter plane Dewoitine D.510 of the **French Air Force**.
Image:ThunderboltP47.jpg|World War II fighter plane Republic P-47 
Image:Bloch MB 131 San Diego Air %26 Space Museum 3.jpg|Bloch MB-131, reconnaissance and bomber of World War II
Image:Bloch mb-162.jpg|World War II French bomber Bloch MB-162.
Image:A-26C loaned to France in Indochina.jpg|Former **French Air Force** bomber Douglas A-26 Invader used in Indochina war.
Image:Mureaux113.jpg|Former **French Air Force** reconnaissance aircraft ANF-Les Mureaux 113.
Image:Breguet 941 à Dugny.JPG|**French Air Force** transport plane Bréguet 941.
Image:French Air Force Airbus A319CJ Deak.jpg|Former VIP transport plane A319CJ
Image:Dassault Mirrage IIIE Elvington.JPG|**French Air Force** fighter aircraft Mirage IIIE.
Image:French Air Force Caravelle Gilliand.jpg|**French Air Force** former transport plane Caravelle.
Image:Mirage 5F Ardennes.jpg|Former fighter aircraft Dassault Mirage 5 of the **French Air Force**.
Image:Mirage IV DN-ST-87-02585.JPEG|Nuclear bomber Dassault Mirage IV of the **French Air Force**.
Image:Douglas DC-8 Sarigue.JPG|spy plane DC-8 Sarigue.
Image:French Jaguar A of EC 1-7 Provence in flight over the Adriatic Sea, 8 April 2003 (DF-SD-05-05511).jpg|Anglo-French attack plane Sepecat Jaguar.

### Active aircraft of the French Air Force 

Image:French Air Force Airbus A310-300 Watt.jpg|Transport plane Airbus A310.
Image:Break2 M2000D.JPG|attack variant of the Mirage 2000, the Mirage 2000D seen here at the "break".
Image:Lockheed C-130H Armée de l'Air Le Bourget.JPG|Transport plane Lockheed C-130H-30.
Image:French Alpha Jet, 1988.JPEG|Alpha Jet of Patrouille de France, the famous aerobatic team.
Image:Rafale au Bourget en 2011.JPG|Dassault Rafale C in Paris Air Show 2011.
Image:Visite sarko janv 09 saint lo 18.JPG|Transport helicopter Eurocopter AS-332 Super Puma.
Image:French Air Force Socata TB-30 Epsilon.jpg|Training aircraft SOCATA TB-30 Epsilon.
Image:Transall C-160 (side) - AirExpo Muret 2007 0279 2007-05-12.jpg|Franco-German transport plane Transall C.160.
Image:Emb 21 Xingu.JPG|Training and light transport plane, built in Brazil, the Xingu.
Image:Falcon900 Clermont-Ferrand airport.jpg|VIP transport plane, used by French Prime Minister, the Dassault Falcon 900.
Image:E-3F Sentry (French Air Force) Bastille day 4298.jpg|Electronic warfare plane, the Boeing E-3F.
Image:French Air Force CASA CN-235 in Sydney.jpg|Transport plane Casa CN-235M.

## References 
## Other websites 
* The official French Air Force website 
* The Facebook official fanpage of the French Air Force