Flottille 4F
4 Flotille (abbreviated to 4F) is a French Aeronavale aircraft squadron based at Base Aéronavale de Lann Bihoué and equipped with three Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye aircraft, these aircraft are operated from the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.
4 Flotille | |
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Country | France |
Branch | French Naval Aviation |
Base Aéronavale | Lann Bihoué |
Equipment | Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye |
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A E-2C Hawkeye in 2004
Post-war history
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A TBM-3E in the 1950s
The squadron was formed in July 1944 to operate the Douglas SBD Dauntless dive-bomber, it converted to the Grumman TBM-3E Avenger in October 1953.[1] In 1959 the squadron re-equipped with the Breguet Alizé carrier-based anti-submarine aircraft, the squadron operated these aircraft until 1997.[1]
Flotille 4F was re-formed on 10 March 2000 to operate three Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye carried-based airborne early warning aircraft.
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gollark: This is not considered blasphemy regarding potatOS.
gollark: It can even detect someone saying that potatOS is "not not bad".
gollark: I made an advanced NLP system to detect blasphemy on SwitchCraft.
gollark: It's probably as well designed as the potatOS blasphemy detector.
References
- Jackson 1979, p. 78
- Bibliography
- Jackson, Paul A. (1979). French Military Aviation. Leicester, England: Midland Counties Publications. ISBN 0 90459718 0.
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