The 10 aircraft of the Patrouille Acrobatique de France are parked on one of the two runways of Base Aérienne 709 Cognac-Châteaubernard.
The Patrouille Acrobatique de France, best known as Patrouille de France, is the aerobatics demonstration team of the French Air and Space Forces, officially founded in 1953. A military demonstration team first flew in France in 1931, then under the name of Patrouille d'Étampes.
This photo was taken on May 21, 2022 during the weekend an airshow was held at BA 709.
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…