Serial 28 was delivered to the Aeronavale in late 2009. The aircraft is here equipped with a Safran aerial refueling pod underneath the fuselage.

Catching the cable and bouncing off the deck with its main gear, what a spectacle it is! Serial 51 is sold to Argentina in January 2018 and left France in April 2019. The SEM received a new four digit serial and became code 3A-215, 216, 217, 218 or 219. The tie-up is not known. The aircraft is now stored at Comandante Espora (EA32) and did not see operational service from Argentina soil so far.

Resting in between missions on the deck of the Charles de Gaulle while sailing through the Med (with Sicily in the back ground), this Super Etendard is since June 2017 in use as an instructional airframe at Chambley (France).

Serial 51 is sold to Argentina in January 2018 and left France in April 2019. Close to 50 Super Etendard Modernisé's (SEM) were delivered to the Marine Nationale. The SEM is based on the Super Étendard, which is based on the Étendard IVM. The Super Etendard Modernisé was constantly upgraded by the French Navy through its life. It was used for anti-ship, strike, reconnaissance and nuclear strike missions. Here, serial 51 is launched from the R91, its bridle (the cable that attaches the Etendard to the steam catapult) is just dropped after launch in the sea (one bridle is used for each launch!).

Delivered to the French Navy in December 2007, and seen here just after launch over the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Sicily.

ex PH-EXB, HB-IAR, PH-FZH, PT-MLD, PH-FZH, EC-IAD, PH-FZH. Became JU-8250

ex N5257V. Became SE-RMB

ex PH-EXB, HB-IAR, PH-FZH, PT-MLD, PH-FZH, EC-IAD, PH-FZH. Became JU-8250

On delivery.

On delivery.

Operated by 493rd FS/48th FW, based here. The star on the nose commemorates the downing of an Iraqi PC-9 on 22nd March 1991.

Operated by 493rd FS/48th FW, based here.

Operated by 493rd FS/48th FW, based here.

Operated by 493rd FS/48th FW, based here. The two stars on the nose commemorate the shooting down of a pair of Serbian MiG-29s on 26th March 1999.

On board the French nuclear aircraft carrier R91 Charles de Gaulle amn E-2C of 4F is seen moments away from its touch-down. The carrier sailed through the Mediterranean, off coast Sicily at the moment of the picture.

On board the French nuclear aircraft carrier R91 Charles de Gaulle a Rafale M of 12F is seen moments away from its touch-down. The carrier sailed through the Mediterranean, off coast Sicily at the moment of the picture.