The French Air Force (Armée de l’Air: AdlA) has declared initial operating capability (IOC) for the F3R-standard Dassault Rafale combat aircraft, the service announced on 9 December.

With the first F3R-standard Rafales now operational, France has a roadmap to improvement that should take the platform out to about 2070. (Dassault)

As noted by the AdlA, the declaration, which was made on 6 December, follows several months of training crews and technical staff of the Air Force Command and the Strategic Air Force Command since the F3R standard was officially accepted in July.

IOC enables the service to use the F3R standard for its national air defence, overseas air defence and strike, and nuclear deterrence missions, the air force said. Operational units are continuing to ramp-up on the Rafale F3R ahead of the integration of the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) and the Thales TALIOS long-range airborne targeting pod in the first half of 2020.

The new F3R standard for the Rafale has been developed by Dassault Aviation, Thales, MBDA, and Safran under a contract signed in January 2014. As previously reported by Jane’s

The French Air Force (Armée de l’Air: AdlA) has declared initial operating capability (IOC) for the F3R-standard Dassault Rafale combat aircraft, the service announced on 9 December.

With the first F3R-standard Rafales now operational, France has a roadmap to improvement that should take the platform out to about 2070. (Dassault)

As noted by the AdlA, the declaration, which was made on 6 December, follows several months of training crews and technical staff of the Air Force Command and the Strategic Air Force Command since the F3R standard was officially accepted in July.

IOC enables the service to use the F3R standard for its national air defence, overseas air defence and strike, and nuclear deterrence missions, the air force said. Operational units are continuing to ramp-up on the Rafale F3R ahead of the integration of the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) and the Thales TALIOS long-range airborne targeting pod in the first half of 2020.

The new F3R standard for the Rafale has been developed by Dassault Aviation, Thales, MBDA, and Safran under a contract signed in January 2014. As previously reported by Jane’s

The French Air Force (Armée de l’Air: AdlA) has declared initial operating capability (IOC) for the F3R-standard Dassault Rafale combat aircraft, the service announced on 9 December.

With the first F3R-standard Rafales now operational, France has a roadmap to improvement that should take the platform out to about 2070. (Dassault)

As noted by the AdlA, the declaration, which was made on 6 December, follows several months of training crews and technical staff of the Air Force Command and the Strategic Air Force Command since the F3R standard was officially accepted in July.

IOC enables the service to use the F3R standard for its national air defence, overseas air defence and strike, and nuclear deterrence missions, the air force said. Operational units are continuing to ramp-up on the Rafale F3R ahead of the integration of the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) and the Thales TALIOS long-range airborne targeting pod in the first half of 2020.

The new F3R standard for the Rafale has been developed by Dassault Aviation, Thales, MBDA, and Safran under a contract signed in January 2014. As previously reported by Jane’s

The French Air Force (Armée de l’Air: AdlA) has declared initial operating capability (IOC) for the F3R-standard Dassault Rafale combat aircraft, the service announced on 9 December.

With the first F3R-standard Rafales now operational, France has a roadmap to improvement that should take the platform out to about 2070. (Dassault)

As noted by the AdlA, the declaration, which was made on 6 December, follows several months of training crews and technical staff of the Air Force Command and the Strategic Air Force Command since the F3R standard was officially accepted in July.

IOC enables the service to use the F3R standard for its national air defence, overseas air defence and strike, and nuclear deterrence missions, the air force said. Operational units are continuing to ramp-up on the Rafale F3R ahead of the integration of the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) and the Thales TALIOS long-range airborne targeting pod in the first half of 2020.

The new F3R standard for the Rafale has been developed by Dassault Aviation, Thales, MBDA, and Safran under a contract signed in January 2014. As previously reported by Jane’s

The French Air Force (Armée de l’Air: AdlA) has declared initial operating capability (IOC) for the F3R-standard Dassault Rafale combat aircraft, the service announced on 9 December.

With the first F3R-standard Rafales now operational, France has a roadmap to improvement that should take the platform out to about 2070. (Dassault)

As noted by the AdlA, the declaration, which was made on 6 December, follows several months of training crews and technical staff of the Air Force Command and the Strategic Air Force Command since the F3R standard was officially accepted in July.

IOC enables the service to use the F3R standard for its national air defence, overseas air defence and strike, and nuclear deterrence missions, the air force said. Operational units are continuing to ramp-up on the Rafale F3R ahead of the integration of the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) and the Thales TALIOS long-range airborne targeting pod in the first half of 2020.

The new F3R standard for the Rafale has been developed by Dassault Aviation, Thales, MBDA, and Safran under a contract signed in January 2014. As previously reported by Jane’s

The French Air Force (Armée de l’Air: AdlA) has declared initial operating capability (IOC) for the F3R-standard Dassault Rafale combat aircraft, the service announced on 9 December.

With the first F3R-standard Rafales now operational, France has a roadmap to improvement that should take the platform out to about 2070. (Dassault)

As noted by the AdlA, the declaration, which was made on 6 December, follows several months of training crews and technical staff of the Air Force Command and the Strategic Air Force Command since the F3R standard was officially accepted in July.

IOC enables the service to use the F3R standard for its national air defence, overseas air defence and strike, and nuclear deterrence missions, the air force said. Operational units are continuing to ramp-up on the Rafale F3R ahead of the integration of the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) and the Thales TALIOS long-range airborne targeting pod in the first half of 2020.

The new F3R standard for the Rafale has been developed by Dassault Aviation, Thales, MBDA, and Safran under a contract signed in January 2014. As previously reported by Jane’s