The Patrouille acrobatique de France, also known as the Patrouille de France, is the precision aerobatics demonstration unit of the French Air and Space Force, officially commissioned in 1953.
2 Mystère IVA of the Patrouille de France on the American base of Bitburg, in 1960
Stampe SV.4C of the Patrouille de France in 1951
The team forming a Cross of Lorraine and flying over the Conciergerie and Seine, during Bastille Day (2015)
Patrouille painting the French flag
The Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet is a light attack jet and advanced jet trainer co-manufactured by Dassault Aviation of France and Dornier Flugzeugwerke of Germany. It was developed specifically to perf
Patrouille de France
…hivernale) training and summer season (saison estivale) aerial displays. The unit traditionally opens the Bastille Day military parade in Paris with nine Alpha Jets, presenting a twenty-minute demonstration of formation changes and crossovers narrated by the director of the French Air Force presentation team, also…
An Alpha Jet of the French Air Force
An early Alpha Jet presented in a company marketing photo.
A French Alpha Jet of the Patrouille de France flight display team
A Dassault Alpha Jet E demonstrator F-ZJRM in Emmen Switzerland, 1986