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CBG/TF 473 composition :
Annouced the 18 Nov but in fact wrong difficult for have infos, views very curious no air naval threads then annouced before :
- Charles de Gaulle, CVN ( 18 Rafale, 8 Super Etendard, 2 Hawkeye, 2 Dauphin)
- Air defense frigate Chevalier Paul ( 1 NH-90 NFH )
- Anti submarine frigate La Motte Piquet ( 1 Lynx )
- European multi-mission frigate (FREMM) Aquitaine (1 NH-90 NFH )
- CS Marne ( 1 Alouette III)
- British anti-aircraft frigate HMS Defender ( 1 Lynx and Merlin);
- Belgian frigate Leopold I ( 1 Alouette III) up to 4 January 2016
- SSN Rubis class name ?
Aquitaine join after, Defender soon close Suez Canal about and Marne in fact left 2 days after CBG left Toulon normaly now have join.
In fact now :
- CVN Charles de Gaulle with 18 Rafale, 8 Super Etendard, 2 Hawkeye, 2 Dauphin Sar, 1 Alouette III Sar, 1 Puma CSAR
- DDG Chevalier Paul with NH-90 NFH
- FFG La Motte Piquet with 1 Lynx
- FFG Belgian Leopold I with 1 Alouette III
- CS Marne with 1 Alouette III
- SSN Rubis class name ?
Annouced the 18 Nov but in fact wrong difficult for have infos, views very curious no air naval threads then annouced before :
- Charles de Gaulle, CVN ( 18 Rafale, 8 Super Etendard, 2 Hawkeye, 2 Dauphin)
- Air defense frigate Chevalier Paul ( 1 NH-90 NFH )
- Anti submarine frigate La Motte Piquet ( 1 Lynx )
- European multi-mission frigate (FREMM) Aquitaine (1 NH-90 NFH )
- CS Marne ( 1 Alouette III)
- British anti-aircraft frigate HMS Defender ( 1 Lynx and Merlin);
- Belgian frigate Leopold I ( 1 Alouette III) up to 4 January 2016
- SSN Rubis class name ?
Aquitaine join after, Defender soon close Suez Canal about and Marne in fact left 2 days after CBG left Toulon normaly now have join.
In fact now :
- CVN Charles de Gaulle with 18 Rafale, 8 Super Etendard, 2 Hawkeye, 2 Dauphin Sar, 1 Alouette III Sar, 1 Puma CSAR
- DDG Chevalier Paul with NH-90 NFH
- FFG La Motte Piquet with 1 Lynx
- FFG Belgian Leopold I with 1 Alouette III
- CS Marne with 1 Alouette III
- SSN Rubis class name ?
plawolf
Lieutenant General
I really do love the Rafale.
Its a shame France didn't manage to get the EU to lift its arms embargo against China a few years ago.
Had they managed it, I am sure China would have made a sizeable order for Rafales (probably with ToT and local licence production), and the Rafale would have been the PLAN's carrier fighter rather than China developing the J15.
What could have been!
Its a shame France didn't manage to get the EU to lift its arms embargo against China a few years ago.
Had they managed it, I am sure China would have made a sizeable order for Rafales (probably with ToT and local licence production), and the Rafale would have been the PLAN's carrier fighter rather than China developing the J15.
What could have been!
Aboard the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle
Ten days after the attacks in Paris, France has committed his aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle against Daech. Gerard Feldzer had the opportunity to share two days, the lives of the 1,900 crew members, embarked on this flagship of French Naval Aviation.
The first impression when you dropped me in a helicopter, it is this permanent wind on this gigantic bridge, because nuclear powered boat line at 50 kilometers per hour, which enables aircraft to take off more easily and each person on the bridge wears a helmet and a jacket of a specific color which corresponds to a function
The "yellow dogs" guide the aircraft on the ground, "green" are aircraft technicians, "red" take care of jet fuel, "red with black stripes" are in charge of armament, the "men white "are in charge of locking the aircraft on the catapult.
This allows catapult aircraft of 25 tonnes to reach 300 km / h in less than two seconds and take off on a runway under 75m
The aircraft carrier is accompanied by other boats that protect the like frigates equipped with anti-aircraft or submarine, nuclear submarine and a command-tanker ship.
Just for refueling aircraft is nearly 4 million liters that are stored on board
It seems a lot but then one Rafale take-off with afterburner consumes more than 400 liters per minute!
So if day and night missions succeed as now, the reserves do not allow to take several months. It is the same with the 600 tons of ammunition shipped on board, knowing that a single Rafale can carry up to 9 tonnes of bombs or missiles.
France therefore provides the international coalition considerable resources, since Charles de Gaulle, with its geographical proximity to Syria and strong of its 26 combat aircraft, its two lookout aerial vehicles: Hawkeye (identifiable by the large circular radar on his back), and 4 helicopters with a "Pedro *" will multiply the French strike force.
A very strong air activity, it also means permanent revisions, maintenance hangars and jobs that go with it. The blue personal example place the aircraft on deck, down by the lifts in the gigantic hangars, located below and to anticipate this demand to avoid traffic jams, if you want to catapult one plane every minute, we must anticipate and identify the aircraft as quickly as possible and in a specific order, the relay is then taken by the mechanics who take turns 24 on 24.
Take-off, they are supported by controllers on board, that guide and take delivery on a mission back.I met the Inspectors or shift supervisors walkway because the Navy opened to women who now account for about 10-15% of onboard personnel.
My heart stroke this week is obviously going to those women and men, who are all quite young, "the same age as the victims of the November 13", said to me yesterday one of the naval air pilots.
From Air controller to ** Pasha, they all have something in common: they are all sea lovers and proud to have been chosen to embark on this high technology flagship. And then one feels they want to share their passion as these young drivers that I met who nicknamed themselves "the sailors of the sky!"
* The pedro is a helicopter in flight which follows the boat landings and takeoffs at, ready to rescue a man at sea. It seems just about the first name of the first helicopter pilot who saved one of his colleagues during the Korean War.
** The Pasha is the nickname given to the captain of a ship. The name "Pacha" is mainly used in the
Those cranes do go along during deployments.
They have numerous uses while at sea.
If there is a malfunction or breakdown on the flight deck that require heavy lifting on the flight deck, that cannot be moved to the hanger at the time...the crane comes in very handy.
Or, if there is an accident and heavy wreckage needs to be moved.
The US Navy also has similar vehicles on its nuclear carriers.
