Couteau Delta

2022 marks the welcome return of the Dassault Mirage 2000D Tactical Demo, Couteau Delta, to the display circuit. The demo is drawn from the squadrons of the 3rd Wing – EC 1/3 Navarre, EC 2/3 Champagne and EC 3/3 Ardennes based at Nancy.

July

  • 3rd – AEROTOR – Fête aérienne de Valence Chabeuil, France
  • 31st – Meeting aérien Aurillac, Aurillac, France

August

  • 4th or 5th – Meeting Plage, La Tranche sur Mer, France

Vautour Bravo

Vautour Bravo are from  EC2/30 ‘Normandie Niemen‘ and EC3/30 ‘Lorraine’ based at Mont-de-Marsan and fly a pair of Dassault Rafale C and B omni-role combat aircraft

May

  • 21st-22nd – Meeting de l’Air, BA709 – Cognac Chateaubernard, France

June

  • 21st – 80 years of Normandy Niemen, BA118 Mont-de-Marsan, France

July

  • 2nd-3rd – Beja International Airshow, Portugal

August

  • 7th – Coupe d’Europe de Montgolfières, Mainfonds-Aubeville, France
  • 27th – Precision Flying World Championship Air Show, Albi, France

Requin Mike

EC1/4 “Gascogne” and EC2/4 “La Fayette” also fly a tactical demonstration on the Dassault Rafale B omni-role strike fighters.  They are based at Saint-Dizier.

June

  • 25th-26th – JPO Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace, BA 113 Saint Dizier, France

September

  • 10th-11th – International Sanicole Airshow, Belgium
  • 17th – Fête de l’Air de l’Aérodrome Les Mureaux, Les Mureaux – Verneuil, France
  • 24th-25th – Meeting Aérien, Montbéliard, France

Mustang X-Ray

One of newest tactical demonstrations on the display circuit are the pair of Pilatus PC-21s from BA709 Cognac/Châteaubernard.

May

  • 21st-22nd – Meeting de l’Air, BA709 – Cognac Chateaubernard, France

July

  • 15th-17th – Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, France

August

  • 28th – Meeting Aérien, Rochefort, France

A400 Tactical Demonstration

One of most eye-catching tactical demonstrations comes from the French Air Force’s Airbus DS A400M.

May

  • 21st-22nd – Meeting de l’Air, BA709 – Cognac Chateaubernard, France

June

  • 19th – Festival Aéreo de Motril, Playa Poniente, Motril, Granada, Spain
  • 25th-26th – JPO Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace, BA 113 Saint Dizier, France

August

  • 21st – Alpe d’Huez Fête de l’Air, Altiport de l’Alpe d’Huez, Alpe d’Huez, France

September

  • 10th-11th – Air Legend, Melun – Villaroche, France
  • 24th-25th – Meeting aérien Des Étoiles et des Ailes, Toulouse, France

October

  • 1st-2nd – Ailes et Volcans Cervolix, Issoire-Le Broc, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
  • 15th-16th – Free Flight World Masters, Saint Maxime, France