4e Escadre de Chasse

The 4e Escadre de Chasse 4e EC or 4th Hunter Escadre (French: 4e Escadre de Chasse) is a hunter unit (French: unité de chasse) formation of the French Air and Space Force. The unit was initially created on May 1 1944 then dissolved on September 1 1993 with the disappearing of the Escadre echelon from the French Air and Space Force.

4e Escadre de Chasse
4th Hunter Escadre
ActiveAugust 26 2015 - present
Country France
Branch French Air and Space Force
TypeFighter aircraft
RoleNuclear deterrence (Eng)
Dissuasion nucléaire (Fr)
Part ofStrategic Air Forces
composed of:
EC 1/4 Gascogne
EC 2/4 La Fayette
ETR 3/4 Aquitaine
ESTA 15/004 Haute-Marne
EquipmentMirage 2000N
Rafale B/C

The 4th Fighter Wing was reformed on an Aerial Base on August 26 2015.[1]

History

The 4e Escadre de Chasse left the FATac on September 1 1991 to be attached to the Strategic Air Forces Command (FAS).

Mirage IIIE of the 2/4 La Fayette.

Composition since 2015
Mirage IIIE of the 1/4 Dauphiné.
Mirage IIIE of the 2/4 La Fayette.
Rafale B du 1/91 Gascogne.

The 4e Escadre de Chasse 4e EC was reformed in 2015 with the following squadrons:

On June 24 2016, a ceremony celebrated the departure of the 1/7 Provence towards an Aerial Base in the United Arab Emirates and the arrival of Escadron de Chasse 3/30 Lorraine to Saint Dizier.[2] The EC 3/30 Lorraine moved to Mont-de-Marsan that summer. Nevertheless, the latter is not part of the 4e Escadre de Chasse 4e EC, however, constitutes the 30e EC.

Historical Escadrons/Squadrons

Ardennes
  • Hunter Group (French: Groupe de Chasse) - Groupe de Chasse III/3 Ardennes (from October 31 1944 until March 1 1946)
  • Hunter Squadron (French: Escadron de Chasse) - Escadron de Chasse 4/4 Ardennes (EC 4/4 Ardennes) (from January 1 1950 until October 1 1950), known as Escadron de Chasse 3/3 Ardennes at the corps of the 3e Escadre de Chasse (3e EC) at an Aerial Base.

Dauphiné
  • Hunter Group - Groupe de Chasse II/3 Dauphiné (from May 1 1944 until July 1 1947)
  • Hunter Group - Groupe de Chasse I/4 Dauphiné (from July 1 1947 until November 1 1949)
  • Escadron de Chasse 1/4 Dauphiné (from November 1 1949 until August 26 1993)

Flandres
  • Escadron de Chasse 3/4 Flandres (from January 1 1950 until November 1 1957)

La Fayette
Vampire of the 2/4 La Fayette in 1953.
  • Groupe de Chasse II/5 La Fayette (from May 1 1944 until July 1 1947)
  • Groupe de Chasse II/4 La Fayette (from July 1 1947 until November 1 1949)
  • Escadron de chasse 2/4 La Fayette (from November 1 1949 until August 26 1993)

Limousin
  • Escadron de Chasse 3/4 Limousin (from August 1 1989 until August 26 1993)
  • Groupe de Chasse I/4 Navarre (from May 1 1944 until December 7 1994)

EALA

During the Algerian War, three Light Support Escadrilles Aviation units (French: Escadrilles d'Aviation Légère d'Appui, (EALA)) were patronized by the 4e Escadre de Chasse :

  • EALA 5/70 (from July 1 1956 until June 30 1957), re-designated EALA 17/72 (from July 1 1957 until November 30 1959)
  • EALA 7/70 (from March 1 1956 until June 30 1957), re-designated EALA 18/72 (from July 1 1957 November 30 1959)
  • EALA 3/4 (from December 1 1959 until March 30 1962)

Base
  • Alto, Corsica (1944)
  • Ambérieu (1944-1945)
  • Luxeuil (1944-1945)
  • Coblence then Mayence (from August 29 1945 until August 19 1947)
  • Indochina (Hanoi, Gia Lam and Don Hoi) (from August 19 1947 until August 26 1948)
  • Aerial Base in Germany (from August 26 1948 until March 30 1954)
  • Aerial Base at Bône (from July 1 1956 until November 30 1959) (EALA 5/70, then EALA 17/72)
  • Aerial Base at Oued Hamimin (from March 1 1956 until November 30 1959) (EALA 7/70 then EALA 8/72)
  • Aerial Base at Telergma (from December 1 1959 until March 30 1962) (EALA 3/4)
  • Aerial Base in Germany (from April 1 1954 until June 5 1961)
  • Aerial Base (from June 6 1961 until August 26 1993)
  • Aerial Base (from August 1 1989 until August 26 1993) (for the 3/4 Limousin)
  • Aerial Base (August 26 2015 - present)

Equipment
  • P-47D (from May 1 1944 until December 1949)
  • Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX (from September 1947 until August 1948)
  • De Havilland Vampire (from October 1949 until 1953)
  • Dassault Ouragan (from July 1954 until 1957)
  • Republic F-84F (from May 1957 until 1966)
  • North American T-6G (from March 1 1956 until February 1961) (
  • North AmericanT-28 (from February 1961 until March 30 1962)
  • Dassault Mirage IIIE (from October 1966 until November 1 1988)
  • Dassault Mirage 2000N (since March 31 1988)
  • Dassault Rafale B/C (since August 26 2015)

See also

References

Notes
  1. http://www.defense.gouv.fr/air/actus-air/nouvelles-escadres-aeriennes-une-coherence-operationnelle-accrue-des-valeurs-renforcees
  2. http://www.deltareflex.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3967&start=6
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.