Two French Rafale Marine fighter aircraft.
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 photo was taken during the airshow at aérodrome de Cerny - La Ferté-Alais on 19 May 2018.
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…