Pictures: First French air force Rafale squadron operational, Patrouille de France flypast

Rafale flypast cross W445

Five years after the French Navy received its first aircraft, the Dassault Aviation Rafale fighter has entered French air force service, with the first squadron inaugurated on Tuesday with a flypast by the Patrouille de France.

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