The Escadron de Chasse 3/30 Lorraine is a fighter Squadron of the French Air and Space Force located at BA 118 Mont-de-Marsan Air Base which flies the Dassault Rafale C.
Rafale
Mirage F1 of the Escadron de Chasse 2/30 Normandie-Niemen and Escadron de Chasse 3/30 Lorraine in 1986 armed with Matra R530.
Rafale C from 3/30 Lorraine taking off at Atlantic Trident 2025
F1B with colors of the 3/33 in 2002.
Al Dhafra Air Base
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Al Dhafra Air Base is a military installation in the United Arab Emirates. The base is located approximately 20 mi south of Abu Dhabi, and is operated by the United Arab Emirates Air Force.
Escadron de Chasse 3/30 Lorraine
…was successively equipped with Vautour IIN, then Mirage F1, has been deployed on Reims – Champagne Air Base. The latter was reactivated in 2010 on Al Dhafra Air Base, in the United Arab Emirates. In 2016, the Escadron was transferred temporary to Saint-Dizier – Robinson Air Base on June 24, 2016, before joining…
A United Arab Emirates Air Force F-16E Desert Falcon of the type based at Al Dhafra AB
Two R-11 fuel trucks refuel an E-3 Sentry of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, 2009