French Naval Aviation

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military aviation branch naval air arm

French Naval Aviation is the air arm of the French Navy, operating fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters for maritime defense, power projection, and naval support missions.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Aéronavale 2
Aéronautique navale 1
French Navy aviation 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military aviation branch ⓘ
naval air arm ⓘ
aircraftOperated AS565 Panther ⓘ
Alouette III (retired) ⓘ
Breguet Atlantique 2 ⓘ
Dassault Rafale ⓘ
surface form: Dassault Rafale M

Super Étendard aircraft ⓘ
surface form: Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard (retired)

Grumman E-2C Hawkeye ⓘ
surface form: E-2C Hawkeye

Falcon 10MER (largely retired) ⓘ
Falcon 200 Gardian ⓘ
Dassault Falcon ⓘ
surface form: Falcon 50M

NH90 helicopter ⓘ
surface form: NH90 NFH Caïman Marine
commonAbbreviation French Naval Aviation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aéronavale
conflictParticipatedIn Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Algerian War

Gulf War ⓘ
First Indochina War ⓘ
surface form: Indochina War

Kosovo War ⓘ
2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Libyan Civil War (2011)

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
operations against ISIL ⓘ
controls naval air stations ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateFounded 1912 ⓘ
garrison Paris–Le Bourget Airport ⓘ
surface form: BAN Dugny-Le Bourget

BAN Hyères ⓘ
BAN Landivisiau ⓘ
BAN Lann-Bihoué ⓘ
Lanvéoc-Poulmic ⓘ
surface form: BAN Lanvéoc-Poulmic
motto Non official: associated with French Navy mottos such as "Honneur, Patrie, Valeur, Discipline" ⓘ
nativeName French Naval Aviation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aéronautique navale
operates fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ
helicopters ⓘ
operatesFrom Philippe de Gaulle ⓘ
surface form: Charles de Gaulle

French aircraft carriers ⓘ
partOf French Navy ⓘ
primaryRole anti-submarine warfare ⓘ
anti-surface warfare ⓘ
electronic warfare ⓘ
fleet air defense ⓘ
logistics support ⓘ
maritime defense ⓘ
maritime patrol ⓘ
naval aviation support ⓘ
power projection ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
search and rescue ⓘ
serviceBranch French Armed Forces ⓘ
subordinateTo Chief of Staff of the French Navy ⓘ
trainingFacility École d’aviation navale ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

French Air Force roundel → associatedWith → French Naval Aviation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aéronavale
French Naval Aviation → commonAbbreviation → French Naval Aviation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aéronavale
French Navy → hasComponent → French Naval Aviation ⓘ
French Naval Aviation → nativeName → French Naval Aviation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aéronautique navale
French Air Force roundel → usedBy → French Naval Aviation ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Navy aviation
Gallipoli Campaign air operations → usedBy → French Naval Aviation ⓘ
this entity surface form: French naval aviation