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Flotille 4F (abbreviated to 4F) is a French Aeronavale aircraft squadron based at Base Aéronavale de Lann Bihoué and equipped with three Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye aircraft, these aircraft are operated from the aircraft carrier ''Charles de Gaulle''.
The squadron was formed in July 1944 to operate the
Flotille 4F (abbreviated to 4F) is a French Aeronavale aircraft squadron based at Base Aéronavale de Lann Bihoué and equipped with three Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye aircraft, these aircraft are operated from the aircraft carrier ''Charles de Gaulle''.
Post-war history
The squadron was formed in July 1944 to operate the Douglas SBD Dauntless
The Douglas SBD Dauntless is a World War II American naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. The SBD ("Scout Bomber Douglas") was the United States Navy's main Carrier-based aircraft, ...
dive-bomber, it converted to the Grumman TBM-3E Avenger in October 1953. In 1959 the squadron re-equipped with the Breguet Alizé carrier-based anti-submarine aircraft, the squadron operated these aircraft until 1997.
Flotille 4F was re-formed on 10 March 2000 to operate three Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye carried-based airborne early warning aircraft.
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* * * * * * *{{cite journal , last1=Morareau, first1=Lucien, title=Histoire de l'Aéronautique embarquée en France: la 4eme Flotille, à la reconaissance et bombardement (6), journal=Le Fana de l'Aviation , date=July 1990 , issue=248 , pages=12–21 , issn=0757-4169 , language=fr, trans-title=History of French Carrier Units: 4th Reconnaissance and Bombardment Squadron, Part 6 French Naval Aviation squadrons