Patrouille de France 2023.
The Patrouille Acrobatique de France, best known as Patrouille de France, is the aerobatics demonstration team of the French Air and Space Force, officially established in 1953. A military demonstration team was first flown in France back in 1931, then under the name of Patrouille d'Étampes.
The beautiful and colourful show of the Patrouille de France is performed with a total of 8 Alpha Jet jet trainers.
This picture was taken on 18 May 2023 at Base Aérienne 701 Salon-de-Provence during the event 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…