Flottille 4F

{{Infobox military unit |unit_name= Flotille 4F |image= Blason de la flottille 4F.jpg |caption= |dates= 1918–1926 1930–1943 1944–1997 2000–present |country= {{flag|France}} |allegiance= French navy |branch= French Naval Aviation |type= Naval aviation |role= Airborne Early Warning |size= 90+ |command_structure= |garrison= Base Aéronavale Lann Bihoué |garrison_label= |nickname= The four (La quatre) |patron= |motto= |colors= Orange |colors_label= |march= |mascot= |equipment=Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye |equipment_label= |battles= World War II First Indochina War Lebanese Civil War Bosnian War War in Afghanistan (2001–present) Opération Harmattan |anniversaries= |decorations= Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures Cross for Military Valour |battle_honours=  |commander1= |commander1_label= |commander2= |commander2_label= |commander3= |commander3_label= |notable_commanders=  |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_label= A white bird, black torquise, light blue sky and dark blue sea |identification_symbol_2= |identification_symbol_2_label= Squadron code }} thumb|right|A E-2C Hawkeye in 2004 '''Flotille 4F''' (abbreviated to '''4F''') is a French Aeronavale aircraft squadron based at Base Aéronavale de Lann Bihoué and equipped with three Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye aircraft, these aircraft are operated from the aircraft carrier ''Charles de Gaulle''.

==Post-war history== thumb|right|A TBM-3E in the 1950s The squadron was formed in July 1944 to operate the Douglas SBD Dauntless dive-bomber, it converted to the Grumman TBM-3E Avenger in October 1953.<ref name="jackson78" /> In 1959 the squadron re-equipped with the Breguet Alizé carrier-based anti-submarine aircraft, the squadron operated these aircraft until 1997.<ref name="jackson78" />

Flotille 4F was re-formed on 10 March 2000 to operate three Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye carried-based airborne early warning aircraft.

==References== <references>

<ref name="jackson78">Jackson 1979, p. 78</ref>

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==Bibliography== *{{cite book|title=French Military Aviation|last=Jackson|first=Paul A.|publisher=Midland Counties Publications |year=1979 |location=Leicester, UK|ISBN=0 90459718 0}} *{{cite journal |last1=Morareau|first1=Lucien|title=Histoire de l'Aéronautique embarquée en France: la 4eme Flotille, à la reconaissance et bombardement (1)|journal=Le Fana de l'Aviation |date=February 1990 |issue=243 |pages=14–21 |issn=0757-4169 |language=fr|trans-title=History of French Carrier Units: The 4th Reconnaissance and Bombardment Squadron, Part 1}} *{{cite journal |last1=Morareau|first1=Lucien|title=Histoire de l'Aéronautique embarquée en France: la 4eme Flotille, à la reconaissance et bombardement (2)|journal=Le Fana de l'Aviation |date=March 1990 |issue=244 |pages=42–44 |issn=0757-4169 |language=fr|trans-title=History of French Carrier Units: 4th Reconnaissance and Bombardment Squadron, Part 2}} *{{cite journal |last1=Morareau|first1=Lucien|title=Histoire de l'Aéronautique embarquée en France: la 4eme Flotille, à la reconaissance et bombardement (3)|journal=Le Fana de l'Aviation |date=April 1990 |issue=245 |pages=21–26 |issn=0757-4169 |language=fr|trans-title=History of French Carrier Units: 4th Reconnaissance and Bombardment Squadron, Part 3}} *{{cite journal |last1=Morareau|first1=Lucien|title=Histoire de l'Aéronautique embarquée en France: la 4eme Flotille, à la reconaissance et bombardement (4)|journal=Le Fana de l'Aviation |date=May 1990 |issue=246 |pages=36–42 |issn=0757-4169 |language=fr|trans-title=History of French Carrier Units: 4th Reconnaissance and Bombardment Squadron, Part 4}} *{{cite journal |last1=Morareau|first1=Lucien|title=Histoire de l'Aéronautique embarquée en France: la 4eme Flotille, à la reconaissance et bombardement (5)|journal=Le Fana de l'Aviation |date=June 1990 |issue=247 |pages=26–32 |issn=0757-4169 |language=fr|trans-title=History of French Carrier Units: 4th Reconnaissance and Bombardment Squadron, Part 5}} *{{cite journal |last1=Morareau|first1=Lucien|title=Histoire de l'Aéronautique embarquée en France: la 4eme Flotille, à la reconaissance et bombardement (6)|journal=Le Fana de l'Aviation |date=July 1990 |issue=248 |pages=12–21 |issn=0757-4169 |language=fr|trans-title=History of French Carrier Units: 4th Reconnaissance and Bombardment Squadron, Part 6}}

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