1950s French Aircraft
The recovering French aviation industry faced a long road after World War 2, eventually able to field a capable and modern fighting force.
There are a total of 21 1950s French Aircraft in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order. Flag images indicative of country of origin.
1957
The Alouette II helicopter series is billed as a multi-role, light rotary-wing platform charged with a myriad of duties in bo...
1953
The T-34 Mentor series served the United States Air Force and United States Navy well in training generations of aviators in ...
1955
The 707 model series for The Boeing Company proved to be the catalyst for their commercial market successes to come. The 707 ...
1956
The KC-135 Stratotanker proved to be a monumental product for the Boeing corporation in more ways than one, firstly solidifyi...
1959
The Breguet Br.1050 "Alize" (meaning "tradewind") was a French production aircraft suitable for carrier-based anti-submarine ...
1951
America's first operational jet-powered fighter became the P-80 Shooting Star of World War 2. The type was a single-engine, s...
1958
The base Dassault-produced Etendard (meaning "Standard") was a private venture that was initially greeted without much fervor...
1952
The Dassault MD.450 "Ouragan" (meaning "Hurricane") became France's first home-grown operational, jet-powered, military comba...
1956
Though now outclassed by the latest in Next Generation aircraft, the Mirage III - for a time - was the best European fighter ...
1955
The Dassault-produced Mystere series of turbojet aircraft appeared just when the French nation was in the rebuilding stages f...
1951
The British-produced Canberra was originally conceived of as a high-altitude, high-level nuclear-capable medium bomber. The f...
1956
It becomes much too easy to lose track of French military prowess following World War 2 but the Fouga Magister was a product ...
1954
The Grumman S-2 Tracker was designed, developed and produced for the United States Navy at a time when carriers had taken the...
1956
The arrival of the Lockheed-produced C-130 Hercules series of transport lay down the foundation of transport design for decad...
1954
The North American F-100 Super Sabre was developed as the successor to the F-86 Sabre, another North American product. The F-...
1950
The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw was an excellent multipurpose transport helicopter that saw use in various roles on a global scal...
1954
The H-34 Choctaw was a multi-purpose, radial-powered utility helicopter produced by Sikorsky in the United States. It was dev...
1953
These limited-production aircraft served with little distinction in French hands but were better served as night fighters and...
1957
The Vought-produced F-8 Crusader was a direct response to a Navy need for a supersonic carrier-based fighter platform. Utiliz...
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