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Wednesday, July 08, 2009

First Rafale F3 Handed Over to French Navy

Rafale F3The first production Rafale F3 combat aircraft, in French navy markings, on the tarmac at Mont-de-Marsan air base. (French navy photo)
The latest Rafale Marine, with its new equipment and capabilities, has just left Dassault Aviation’s production line in Mérignac, near Bordeaux.

At 4:30 p.m. on July 2 a naval Rafale Marine combat aircraft carrying the number 27 on its airframe landed at Mont-de-Marsan air base, in south-western France, at the conclusion of a ferry flight from Mérignac, where it was built.

Although identical in appearance to the previous version, the Rafale M12, the new aircraft is the first to have been built to the F3 production standard, the most advanced on contract for the French armed forces.

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