Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet of the Patrouille de France.
A Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet of the Patrouille Acrobatique de France (PAF), also known as Patrouille de France.
The Patrouille de France is the aerobatics demonstration team of the French Air Force, founded in 1953. The team gives many flight demonstrations every year in France but also far beyond.
Since 1981, the Patrouille has been flying the Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet.
This photo was taken on 18 May 2023 at Salon-de-Provence Air Base in France during the weekend celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Patrouille de France.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…