Naval Action Force
Videos
The Force d'action navale is the 10,500-man and nearly 100-ship force of surface warships of the French Navy. As of August 2023, it is commanded by Admiral Nicolas Vaujour.
Mistral-class landing platform assault Tonnerre
La Fayette-class frigate
Commandos de Marine
Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft
Charles de Gaulle is the flagship of the French Navy. Commissioned in 2001, the ship is the tenth French aircraft carrier, the first French nuclear-powered surface vessel, and the only nuclear-powered
Naval Action Force
…The ships are divided into seven categories: The aeronaval group, which has the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle at its core The amphibious group, directed by "Projection and Command vessels" (currently ships of the Mistral class…
Charles de Gaulle in 2022
USS Enterprise (top), the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and Charles de Gaulle (bottom), at that time the newest nuclear carrier, both steaming in the Mediterranean Sea on 16 May 2001.
Command bridge of Charles de Gaulle
A rare occurrence of a 5-country multinational fleet of the NATO countries, the Netherlands, France, the United States, Italy, and the United Kingdom, during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea