Escadron de Chasse 1/5 Vendée (Fighter Squadron 1/5 Vendée) is a French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) fighter squadron currently stationed at BA 115 Orange-Caritat Air Base which flies the Dassault Rafale B/C.
Denominations
Groupe de Chasse (GC) II/6 (1933 - 1943) Groupe de Chasse II/6 Travail (1943 - 1947) Groupe de Chasse I/5 Travail (1947 - 1949) Groupe de Chasse I/5 Vendée (1949 - 1951) Escadron de Chasse (EC) 1/5 Vendée (1951 - 2007/ 2024 - ...)
Escadrilles From 1933 to 2007, the Vendée had with 2 escadrilles, his original ones :
1st Escadrille : Escadrille SPA 26 "Cigognes de Saint-Galmier" (Saint-Galmier's Stork) 2nd Escadrille : Escadrille SPA 124 "Jeanne d'Arc" (Joan of Arc)
With another one appearing in 1997 : the C.46 "Trident".
Since April 2024 (officially July 2024), the Vendée is composed of 3 escadrilles :
1st Escadrille : Escadrille SPA 26 "Cigognes de Saint-Galmier" 2nd Escadrille : Escadrille SPA 124 "Jeanne d'Arc" 3rd Escadrille : Escadrille C.46 "Trident"
Escadres
6e Escadre de Chasse (1933 - 1939) 5e Escadre de Chasse (1945 - 1995) 5e Escadre de Chasse (2024 - ...)
Aircraft flown
Nieuport 62/ Nieuport 629 (1933 - 1936) Loire 46 (1936 - 1938) Morane-Saulnier MS.406 (1936 - 1940) Potez 630 (1936 - ?) Bloch M.B 152 (05/1940 - 06/1940) Dewoitine D.520 (06/1940 - 01/1943) Bell P-39 Airacobra (08/1943 - 1945) Bell P-63 Kingcobra (1945 - 1950) De Havilland Vampire (1950 - 1954) SNCASE SE.535 Mistral (1954 - 1956) North American T-6G Texan (1956 - 1962)* Dassault Mystère II (1956 - 1957) Dassault Mystère IV (1958 - 1961) Dassault Super Mystère B2 (1961 -1966) Dassault Mirage III (1966 - 1975) Dassault Mirage F1 (1975 - 1988) Dassault Mirage 2000 (1988 - 2007) Dassault Rafale (2024 - ...)
See also
List of French Air and Space Force aircraft squadrons
References