Rafale Marine No 6 of Flottille 12F.
The Rafale Marine is similar to Rafale C, but with modifications to enable operations from aircraft carriers. For aircraft carriers, the M model has a reinforced airframe, a longer nose gear leg for a more nose-up attitude, a larger tail hook between the engines and a built-in boarding ladder. Because of these modifications, the Rafale M weighs about 500 kg more than the Rafale C.
The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine fighter equipped with canard and delta wings. The aircraft was designed and built by Dassault Aviation.
This picture was taken on 13 July 2018 during the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford.
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…