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47 @ EBBL - 24F visit to Kleine Brogel.
47 @ EBBL		 526 @ EBBL - touch down after a Tiger Meet mission
526 @ EBBL		 1232 @ LFQP - at the Phalsbourg open house
1232 @ LFQP
23 @ EBBE - This 12F machine was one of the last F-8E(FN) I ever saw. Not much later it was modernized for an additional number of service years.
23 @ EBBE		 18 @ EGQS - In the autumn of 1999 a number of Super Etendards participated in the maritime exercise JMC. They wore the mission markings op the operations over the Balkan that had been flown during spring 1999.
18 @ EGQS		 304 @ EBBL - Tiger Meet colours
304 @ EBBL
321 @ EHLW - Participant of the Frisian Flag 2008 exercise.
321 @ EHLW		 77 @ EBBL - One of many ECE05.330 aircraft during the 2009 NATO Tiger Meet.
77 @ EBBL		 524 @ EBBL - EC05.330 paint scheme for the 1995 NATO Tiger Meet
524 @ EBBL
526 @ EBBL - take off during one of the operational missions during the NATO Tiger Meet 2009.
526 @ EBBL		 76 @ EBBL - Departure of one of the ECE05-330 Mirages. Unfortunately it did not return after its flight.
76 @ EBBL		 304 @ EBBL - ECE05.330 painting of a hybride tiger.
304 @ EBBL
118 @ EBBL - EC01.012 participant of the Tiger Meet 2009.
118 @ EBBL		 120 @ EBBL - unmarked Cambrai Mirage 2000 with new code.
120 @ EBBL		 E97 @ EBBL - landing at Kleine Brogel for the Tiger Meet
E97 @ EBBL
91 @ EBBL - EC01.012 special paint for the 2009 Tiger Meet.
91 @ EBBL		 303 @ EBBL - Also the Rafales did receive the new base related codes.
303 @ EBBL		 305 @ EBBL - Take off of the first mission in the early morning light.
305 @ EBBL
122 @ EBBL - Take off of the first mission in the early morning light.
122 @ EBBL		 54 @ LFSX - Static of the Luxeuil open house.
54 @ LFSX		 30 @ EGQS - With Operation Trident (Allied Force) mission markings.
30 @ EGQS
355 @ ETNS - During the early nineties some French Mirage 2000's were resprayed in the superb desert camo. Unfortunately these colours did not last long.
355 @ ETNS		 202 @ LFQI - Cambrai open house 1998.
202 @ LFQI		 2028 @ LFAD - This Alouette II is now preserved as gate guard at Compiègne.
2028 @ LFAD
520 @ LFSL - In the dispersal area during the Toul open house.
520 @ LFSL		 2531 @ BRUSSELS - This French AF Caudron is preserved in the Army Museum in Brussels.
2531 @ BRUSSELS		 A138 @ LFSL - After the Gulf War French air force Jaguars returned in this splendid desert colour scheme.
A138 @ LFSL
F-ZBDQ @ LFQQ - The Alouette III was at watch at the apron of the Securité Civile at Lille Lesquin.
F-ZBDQ @ LFQQ		 116 @ LZSL - The weather during Co-operative Change 1998 was not too good. At times we had some spells of heavy reain.
116 @ LZSL		 109 @ EGXW - The Mirage 2000 was holding an exercise over the North Sea ACMI range in 1995. A couple of EC 1/12 was deployed to Waddington.
109 @ EGXW
18 @ EHLW - This Mirage was the French AF display during the 1990 open house at Leeuwarden.
18 @ EHLW		 34 @ EHLW - One of the Mirages that visited Leeuwarden this day.
34 @ EHLW		 33 @ EHLW - One of the Mirages that visited Leeuwarden this day.
33 @ EHLW
A153 @ EBBE - Still in its 1991 Gulf war colour scheme.
A153 @ EBBE		 E134 @ LFQI - Special colours with 4c1 badge. Seen at the Cambrai open house in 1996.
E134 @ LFQI		 R207 @ EBBL - The Hechtel air show brought some foreign visitors to Kleine Brogel.
R207 @ EBBL
17 @ EHLW - The French Navy sent two Super Etendards to the 1990 Leeuwarden Open House.
17 @ EHLW		 16 @ EHLW - This 16F Super Etandard was one of the last in the old colour scheme.
16 @ EHLW		 E63 @ EBFN - Patrouille de France aircraft
E63 @ EBFN
E59 @ LFSL - We visited Toul on our way back from Switzerland. A nice combination!
E59 @ LFSL		 133 @ LFSX - We visited the Luxeuil open house on our way back from Swistzerland. It was nice to photograph the aircraft on the static as a bonus.
133 @ LFSX		 130 @ LFQI - The Epsilon is now being withdrawn.
130 @ LFQI
5153 @ LBPD - In 2001 the French AF participated in the Co-operative Key exercise with this Hercules.
5153 @ LBPD		 5150 @ EBBR - Seen in the static park of the 1992 Melsbroek open house.
5150 @ EBBR		 5144 @ EGXW - In May 1995 a deployment of Mirage 2000 was at Waddington for exercises over the ACMI range. ET 2/61 maintained the life line to France.
5144 @ EGXW
1517 @ LFPB - This Alouette was on the static of the 2002 Salon at Le Bourget.
1517 @ LFPB		 A90 @ LFSR - During the Reims open house A90 was one of the Jaguar display pair.
A90 @ LFSR		 A34 @ LFSI - This Jaguar participated in a mass base attack during the local air day.
A34 @ LFSI
519 @ EHVK - This Cambrai based Mirage participated in a local exercise at Volkel.
519 @ EHVK		 514 @ EHLW - The American Eagles and French Mirages held an DACT exercise over the North Sea. They visited Leeuwarden for a lunch break.
514 @ EHLW		 513 @ LFSL - We visited Toul during the Saturday prior to the air day. We could photograph all aircraft on the flightlines. This Mirage was one of these.
513 @ LFSL
101 @ LFQI - seen on the Cambrai air day
101 @ LFQI		 F49 @ LFQI - This Transall performed some transport flight during the local air day.
F49 @ LFQI		 45 @ LFSL - This trainer was seen during the Toul Open House in 1991.
45 @ LFSL
53 @ LFQI - The Mirage IV was an impressive aircraft to see.
53 @ LFQI		 F-ZBET @ EHAM - Two Securité Civile Firecats were passing through Amsterdam; a nice surprise!
F-ZBET @ EHAM		 F-ZVMV @ LFPB - This aircraft flew as testbed with the French AF. Now it has been repainted in the colours of Air France.
F-ZVMV @ LFPB
96 @ EGXW - EC 2/12 (SPA 173) detachemnt to the ACMI range.
96 @ EGXW		 603 @ LFQI - seen on the static of the 1998 Cambrai air day
603 @ LFQI		 32 @ LFQI - another Mirage on the Cambrai air day
32 @ LFQI
52 @ LFQI - One of the participants of the 1998 air day.
52 @ LFQI		 1013 @ LFAD - ADN in front is in standard European colours; ADA in the back has desert camo.
1013 @ LFAD		 30 @ EGQS - In 1999 French Super Etendard participated in the maritime exercise Northern Lights. Note the laser designator pod underneath the aircraft and the Kosovo mission markings on the nose.
30 @ EGQS
108 @ EHLW - Participant if the Frisian Flag 2008 exercise.
108 @ EHLW		 106 @ EHLW - EC01.007 participant of Frisian Flag 2008.
106 @ EHLW		 A61 @ LFSL - When returning from the Gulf region the French Jaguard appeared to be painted in a fresh light brown camouflage. This colours were retained for a couple of years.
A61 @ LFSL
5591 @ LFAD - It took quite a while, but after all the public had disappeared we were finally able to photograph the aircraft on the static of the Comiègne open house.
5591 @ LFAD		 A87 @ LFSI - During the St.Dizier Open House the Jaguar force performed a base attack. Low lever several aircraft crossed the air base.
A87 @ LFSI		 327 @ EHLW - The former Jaguar unit EC01.007 now flies the new Rafale fighter bombers.
327 @ EHLW
106 @ EHLW - A new bird in the skies: the Dassault Rafale. Seen during the exercise Frisian Flag 2008
106 @ EHLW		 321 @ EHLW - First appearance of the French Rafale in the Frisian Flag exercise.
321 @ EHLW		 518 @ EHVK - This Mirage was participating in a locar exercise.
518 @ EHVK
4142 @ LFAD - Spectacular take off during the Compiègne Air Day.
4142 @ LFAD		 64 @ LFSI - Landing after its display at St.Dizier
64 @ LFSI		 24 @ LFQI - As happened to more French designed aircraft the Alizé was bought only by the French armed forces.
24 @ LFQI
1544 @ EHLW - This Gazelle made a long trip to get to the Leeuwarden open house.
1544 @ EHLW		 34 @ EHLW - In September 1988 a couple of French Mirage 2000s came in for a lunch stop. These aircraft are not often seen in the Netherlands.
34 @ EHLW		 14 @ EGQS - After the Kosovo crisis many Super Etendards had mission markings underneath the cockpit. This one had flown just five operational sorties.
14 @ EGQS
3853 @ LFQP - One of the many helicopters that can be found on the French Army base.
3853 @ LFQP		 114 @ LZSL - The french air forces participated with the Mirage 2000C in Co-operative Change 1998
114 @ LZSL		  

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