French Air Force

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air force military branch

The French Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of France’s armed forces, responsible for air defense, power projection, and support operations in national and international missions.

Aliases (12)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air force → military branch →
alliesWith	NATO →
commanderTitle	Chief of Staff of the Air and Space Force →
country	France →
currentCommander	Stéphane Mille →
dateFounded	1909 →
employs	civilian personnel → military personnel →
garrison	Hôtel de Brienne, Paris →
hasBranch	air force support command → air force training command → air operations command →
hasComponent	air defense and air operations command and control → air refueling units → combat aviation → space operations command → transport aviation →
hasNuclearRole	airborne component of French nuclear deterrent →
headquartersLocation	Paris →
mission	deterrence → intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance → nuclear strike capability → search and rescue → strategic airlift →
nativeName	Armée de l'air et de l'espace →
operatesIn	international missions → national missions →
participatedIn	Gulf War → Kosovo War → Libyan Civil War intervention 2011 → Operation Barkhane → Operation Serval → War in Afghanistan →
partOf	French Armed Forces →
precededBy	Aéronautique Militaire → Service Aéronautique →
role	aerial warfare → air defense → power projection → support operations →
shortName	AAE → Armée de l'air →
subordinateTo	Ministry of the Armed Forces of France →
usesAircraft	Airbus A330 MRTT Phénix → Airbus A400M Atlas → Dassault Mirage 2000 → Dassault Rafale → E-3F Sentry AWACS → Grob G 120 → Lockheed C-130 Hercules → Pilatus PC-21 →

Referenced by (85)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Breguet 19 → Cant Z.506 Airone → Focke-Wulf Fw 190 ("French Air Force (postwar)") → French Air Force roundel → French Ministry of Defence complex ("French Air and Space Force") → General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper ("French Air and Space Force") → Lockheed C-130 Hercules ("French Air and Space Force") → Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport → McDonnell F-101 Voodoo → Meteor ("French Air and Space Force") → North American T-28 Trojan → Potez 25 → Republic F-84 Thunderjet → Storm Shadow ("French Air and Space Force") → Storm Shadow ("French Air and Space Force") →	usedBy
Airbus A330 MRTT Phénix ("French Air and Space Force") → Caproni Ca.313 → Dassault Mirage 2000 → Dassault Mirage III → E-3 Sentry ("French Air and Space Force") → E-3F Sentry ("French Air and Space Force") → Hawker Tempest → Nakajima Ki-43 ("French Air Force (postwar, captured)") → RBE2 radar ("French Air and Space Force") → SCALP EG ("French Air and Space Force") → Snecma M53 → Sopwith Pup ("French Aéronautique Militaire") →	operator
Air Force Training Command ("French Air and Space Force") → Air and Space Force staff ("French Air and Space Force") → Dassault Rafale ("French Air and Space Force") → Douglas A-26 Invader → Space Operations Command ("French Air and Space Force") →	serviceBranch
Airbus A330 MRTT Phénix ("French Air and Space Force") → Dassault Rafale ("French Air and Space Force") → E-3 Sentry ("French Air and Space Force") → Pilatus PC-21 ("French Air and Space Force") →	primaryUser
Croix de Guerre → French Air Force roundel ("Armée de l’Air") → Honneur et Patrie ("French Air and Space Force") →	associatedWith
Airbus A400M Atlas ("French Air and Space Force") → Breguet 19 → Dassault Mirage 2000 →	enteredServiceWith
Air Force Support Command ("French Air and Space Force") → André Malraux → Stéphane Mille ("French Air and Space Force") →	militaryBranch
Air Force Support Command ("French Air and Space Force") → French Space Command ("French Air and Space Force") → Space Operations Command ("French Air and Space Force") →	partOf
AAE ("Armée de l’air et de l’espace") → French Air Force ("Armée de l'air et de l'espace") →	nativeName
Phénix ("French Air and Space Force") → Phénix ("Armée de l’air et de l’espace") →	operatedBy
Joint Staff of the French Armed Forces ("French Air and Space Force") → Ministry of the Armed Forces of France ("French Air and Space Force") →	oversees
FAMAS assault rifle ("French Air and Space Force") → HK416F ("French Air and Space Force") →	standardServiceRifleOf
Royal Moroccan Air Force ("French Air and Space Force") → United Arab Emirates Air Force ("French Air and Space Force") →	trainingPartner
Operation Serval →	airComponent
West Berlin →	airliftOrganizedBy
Médaille militaire ("French Air and Space Force") →	awardedToBranch
Space Operations Command ("French Air and Space Force") →	branchOf
Luftbrücke →	carriedOutBy
Dassault Aviation ("French Air and Space Force") →	collaboratesWith
Vichy French forces ("Vichy French Air Force") →	component
Qatar Emiri Air Force ("French Air and Space Force") →	cooperatesWith
Service Aéronautique ("Armée de l’Air") →	followedBy
AAE ("Armée de l’air et de l’espace") →	fullName
AAE ("French Air and Space Force") →	fullNameInEnglish
Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ("French Air and Space Force") →	hasAuthorityOver
French Armed Forces ("French Air and Space Force") →	hasBranch
Royal Saudi Air Force ("French Air and Space Force") →	hasInternationalPartner
Air and Space Force staff ("French air forces") →	hasJurisdictionOver
Phénix ("French Air and Space Force") →	introducedBy
Berlin Airlift →	involvedMilitaryBranch
Baltic Air Policing ("French Air and Space Force") →	participant
AAE ("Armée de l’air") →	precededBy
Airbus A400M Atlas ("French Air and Space Force") →	primaryUsers
French Air Force ("Armée de l'air") →	shortName
Service Aéronautique →	successor
French Far East Expeditionary Corps →	supportedBy
Service de santé des armées ("French Air and Space Force") →	supportsBranch
Phénix ("French strategic air forces") →	usedByBranch
GIAT 30M 30 mm cannon ("French Air and Space Force") →	usedByService
French Fourragere ("French Air and Space Force") →	usedIn