Plane guard duty during Charles de Gaulle carrier activities by an Alouette III. The helicopter type was phased out from active Marine Nationale service in the Summer of 2022 and was officially retired from on 9 December 2022.

Full AB on the waist catapult

This Rafale M was delivered to the Marine Nationale, Aeronavale or Aéronautique Navale on 8 February 2012. It is seen here being directed to the bow catapult of the Charles de Gaulle.

Since 2018, this Super Etendard is in use as an instructional airframe at Hyeres Le Palyvestre. The aircraft is seen here being directed to the catapult of the Charles de Gaulle.

The SA365F1 is much improved variant of the SA365 for the Marine Nationale. It has been used since 1991 for general duties, for backup purposes, Search and Rescue and plane guard mission aboard French NAval ships, including the Charles de Gaulle. The variant 365F is used since 1999 with Flottille 35F, which is based at Hyères Le Palyvestre (France).

A SEM being launched from the R91

This Etendard served the Aeronavale up to April 2016. The aircraft went into storage and was sold to Argentina in January 2018 and received code 3A-215, 216, 217, 218 or 219. The tie-up is not known. After arrival in Argentina, the Etendard is stored at Comandante Espora (EA32) air base.

This former is a former 11F aircraft, withdrawn from use in 2008 and stored at Hyéres since mid-2009. The aircraft is preserved at Toulouse museum (France) since 2018. On the picture the tail of serial 15 (former 17F) can be seen too. This Super Etendard is stored at Hyéres since mid-2011.

Former Swiss AF J-4097 went to the Texas Air Command Museum, Arlington (TX) with registration N58HH on 20 Nov'95. Via an unknown owner in Delaware the F58A was sold to the Northern Lights Aerobatic Team Inc. and Equipe de Voltige Northern Lights Inc, Montreal (QC) as C-GZIB from Jul'03. It moved to Lortie Aviation Inc, Lac Saint-Joseph (QC) and remained C-GZIB from 10 Sep'08 (and was operated from Istres). Then N340AX with Hunter Aviation Int'l Inc, Newark (DE) in Dec'16, leased for 3 yrs to TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee, North Salt Lake (UT) from '18 and is now still owned by Hunter Avn

Pictured just after launch from one of the side catapults of the R91. The steam is caused by a launch of one of the bow catapult.

Close to 50 Super Etendard Modernisé's (SEM) were delivered to the Marine Nationale. The SEM is based on the Super Étendard, which is based on the Étendard IVM. The Super Etendard Modernisé was constantly upgraded by the French Navy through its life. It was used for anti-ship, strike, reconnaissance and nuclear strike missions. Here, serial 4 is launched from the R91, its bridle (the cable that attaches the Etendard to the steam catapult) is just dropped after launch in the sea (one bridle is used for each launch!).

Former Swiss Air Force serial J-4073 was sold on 16 Dec'94. The aircraft was transferred to the Luchtmacht museum in the Netherlands on 16 Jun'95 and sold to Skyline Historical Flight, Anna Paulowna, Netherlands on 1 Aug'02 with registration C-RUUD. That registration was canx on 16 Dec'03. Via Aeromech Int'l Resources Ltd, Windsor (UK), the Hunter became part of the Vastgota Veteranflygforening (VVF) in Sweden as SE-DXI on 29 Apr'04. Then to Lortie Aviation Inc, Lac Saint-Joseph (QC) as C-FRHU on 16 Nov'07. From 2011, the French Navy used it with Apache Aviation from Istres AB, still as C-FRHU

This Epsilon was known former 315-XG from late 1986 onwards. The trainer received a secondary civil registration F-SEXG after maintenance on the French military basic training aircraft was executed by civil hands from summer 2006. The TB-30 was used by the small French Air Force demonstration team "Cartouche dorées", which livery can be seen on this picture.

This former is a former 11F aircraft, stored at Hyéres since mid-2011

Ex-SE-DTF, N1787B. Stored May/2017 at St. Athan and later scrapped