Super Étendard aircraft

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carrier-based strike fighter aircraft military aircraft

The Super Étendard aircraft is a French carrier-based strike fighter best known for its Exocet missile attacks during the Falklands War.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard 0
Dassault Étendard IV 1
Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard (retired) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf carrier-based strike fighter aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
aircraftFamily Étendard family ⓘ
armament 30 mm DEFA cannon ⓘ
Exocet anti-ship missile ⓘ
surface form: AM39 Exocet anti-ship missile

conventional bombs ⓘ
laser-guided bombs ⓘ
various air-to-surface missiles ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedFor carrier operations ⓘ
engine SNECMA Atar 8K-50 ⓘ
engineType turbofan ⓘ
firstFlight 1974-10-28 ⓘ
height 3.86 m ⓘ
introduction 1978 ⓘ
launchPlatform aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
aircraft carrier Clemenceau ⓘ
aircraft carrier Foch ⓘ
length 14.31 m ⓘ
manufacturer Dassault Aviation ⓘ
surface form: Dassault-Breguet
maximumSpeed Mach 1.3 ⓘ
nationalRegistration France ⓘ
notableFor Exocet anti-ship missile attacks during the Falklands War ⓘ
numberBuilt 85 ⓘ
numberOfEngines 1 ⓘ
operator Argentine Navy ⓘ
Brazilian Navy ⓘ
French Navy ⓘ
Iraqi Air Force ⓘ
predecessor Super Étendard aircraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dassault Étendard IV
primaryUser French Navy ⓘ
productionEnd 1983 ⓘ
productionStart 1977 ⓘ
range 1850 km ⓘ
retiredFromFrenchService 2016 ⓘ
role attack aircraft ⓘ
fighter-bomber ⓘ
strike fighter ⓘ
serviceCeiling 13000 m ⓘ
successor Dassault Rafale ⓘ
surface form: Dassault Rafale M
tailConfiguration conventional tail ⓘ
usedInConflict Falklands War ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ
Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Kosovo War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan
variant Super Étendard aircraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Super Étendard Modernisé
wingConfiguration mid-mounted swept wing ⓘ
wingspan 9.60 m ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French Naval Aviation → aircraftOperated → Super Étendard aircraft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard (retired)
Super Étendard aircraft → predecessor → Super Étendard aircraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard
this entity surface form: Dassault Étendard IV
Falklands War → usedWeapon → Super Étendard aircraft ⓘ
Super Étendard aircraft → variant → Super Étendard aircraft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard
this entity surface form: Super Étendard Modernisé