Escadron de Chasse 3/3 Ardennes (Fighter Squadron 3/3 Ardennes) is a French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) fighter squadron currently stationed at BA 133 Nancy – Ochey Air Base which flies the Dassault Mirage 2000D.
Escadrilles From 1943 to 1994 :
1st Escadrille : Escadrille GC III/3 (1) "La Bleue" (The Blue) 2nd Escadrille : Escadrille GC III/3 (2) "La Rouge" (The Red)
Since 1994
1st Escadrille : Escadrille GC III/3 (1) "La Bleue" (The Blue) 2nd Escadrille : Escadrille GC III/3 (2) "La Rouge" (The Red) 3rd Escadrille : Escadrille BR 44 (from Escadron de Ravitaillement en Vol 2/93 Sologne)
Escadres
3e Escadre de Chasse (07/1944 - 10/1944) 4e Escadre de Chasse (10/1944 - 03/1946) / (01/1950 - 10/1950)
3e Escadre de Chasse (01/1953 - 11/1957) / (07/1974 - 06/1995) / (09/2014 - ...)
Denominations
Groupe de Chasse (GC) III/3 Ardennes (1943 - 1946) Escadron de Chasse (EC) 4/4 Ardennes (01/1950 - 10/1950) Escadron de Chasse 3/3 Ardennes (1953 - ...)
Aircraft flown
Hawker Hurricane (1943 - 1944) Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (05/1944 - 07/1944) Bell P-39 Airacobra (07/1944 - 09/1944) Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (10/1944 - 1946) De Havilland DH 100 Vampire (1946 - 1950) Republic F-84 Thunderjet (1953 - 1956) Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (1956 - 1957) Dassault Mirage 5F (1974 - 1977) SEPECAT Jaguar (1977 - 1987) Dassault Mirage IIIE (1987 - 1994) Dassault Mirage 2000D (1994 - ...)
See also List of French Air and Space Force aircraft squadrons
References