French Air and Space Force
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The French Air and Space Force is the air and space force of the French Armed Forces. Formed in 1909 as the Service Aéronautique, a service arm of the French Army, it became an independent military br
"Company of aviators", September 1914, by Jules Gervais-Courtellemont
French aircraft during World War I, flying over German held territory (1915)
Nieuport-Delage NiD.29 C.1 fighter used in the early post-WWI period.
Dewoitine D.510 monoplane fighters from the mid-1930s
French Armed Forces
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The French Armed Forces are the military of France. They consist of four service branches: The Army, the Navy, the Air and Space Force, and the National Gendarmerie. The National Guard serves as the F
Vercingetorix throws down his arms at the feet of Julius Caesar after the Battle of Alesia during the Roman conquest of Gaul (58–50 BC)
King Philip II shortly before the victorious Battle of Bouvines during the Anglo-French War (1213–1214)
Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orléans during the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453)
King Francis I at the Battle of Marignano during the Italian Wars (1494–1559)