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French Air Force
Coverage of French Air Force in the Nexus archive.
- How the A400M military transport plane was converted to fight wildfires in France
French Air Force personnel refueled an Airbus A400M military transport aircraft at Air Base 123 Orléans-Bricy on June 11, 2026. The aircraft was converted to fight wildfires in France.
- In Baltic skies, NATO and Russian pilots size each other up warily but without a tilt into war
NATO and Russian pilots conduct tense but non-confrontational aerial encounters in Baltic airspace, with French and Romanian detachments intercepting Russian reconnaissance aircraft and bombers. The missions aim to deter escalation amid heightened tensions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while avoiding direct conflict.