The Escadron de Chasse 3/30 Lorraine ("fighter Squadron 3/30 Lorraine") is a fighter Squadron of the French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) located at BA 118 Mont-de-Marsan Air Base which flies the Dassault Rafale C.[1]
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This Escadron is heir to the Groupe de bombardement Lorraine[fr].
On June 27, 1944, the Escadron de Chasse 3/30 Lorraine was designated again 3/33 "Lorraine".
On June 18, 1996, the Escadron 3/33 Lorraine was awarded the Fourragere at the colors of the Order of Liberation by the President of France Jacques Chirac.
The 3/33 Lorraine, placed in a dormant phase in August 2005, was reactivated under the designation of 3/30 "Lorraine" in October 2010 on Aerial Base 104 Al Dhafra (Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport) in the United Arab Emirates to fly the Rafale and the Mirage 2000-5, then only the Dassault Rafale from March 2011.
On December 15, 2015, a Rafale B dropped a SCALP missile for the first time during Opération Chammal over Iraq.[2]
On June 24, 2016,[3] the 3/30 Lorraine was integrated into the 30e Escadre de Chasse and replaced the 1/7 Provence on Saint-Dizier – Robinson Air Base. Only the traditions were transferred, not the personnel nor the aircraft. Accordingly, the aircraft were progressively repainted with the colors of the 3/30. The Escadron was transferred to BA 118 Mont-de-Marsan Air Base during the course of the following weeks.
Escadrilles
The Escadron is formed of three escadrilles
Until dissolution in 2005:
1st Escadrille: Metz (from June 27, 1994, until June 27, 2005)
2nd Escadrille: Nancy (from June 27, 1994, until June 27, 2005)
3rd Escadrille: Thionville (from September 1994 until June 27, 2005)
Since reactivation in 2010:
SAL 56 "Scarabée"
SPA 38 "Chardon de Lorraine"
SPA 162 "Tigre" in 2016
Denominations & different designations
F1B with colors of the 3/33 in 2002.
Groupe Réservé de Bombardement n°1: December 4, 1940 – September 2, 1941
Groupe de Bombardement n°1 Lorraine: September 2, 1941 – April 7, 1943
No. 342 Squadron RAF: April 7, 1943 – December 15, 1944
Groupe de Bombardement I/20 Lorraine: December 15, 1944 – March 11, 1946
Groupe de Reconnaissance I/20 Lorraine: March 11, 1946 – July 1, 1947
Groupe de Reconnaissance I/31 Lorraine: July 1, 1947 – November 1, 1949
Escadron de Chasse de Nuit 1/31 Lorraine: November 1, 1949 – July 1, 1953
Escadron de Chasse 3/30 Lorraine: July 1, 1953 – March 1, 1962
Escadron de Chasse Tout-Temps 3/30 Lorraine: March 1, 1962 – December 20, 1973
Escadron de Chasse 3/30 Lorraine: December 20, 1973 – June 27, 1994
Escadron de Chasse 3/30 Lorraine: June 27, 1994 – July 26, 2005
Escadron de Chasse 3/30 Lorraine: Since October 2010
Lambermont, Paul (April 1976). "Escadron "Lorraine", du bombardment moyen à l'attaque en vol rasant il aboutit à la chasse tout-tempts" [Escadron "Lorraine": From Medium Bombardment to Low-level Attack, It Ends as an All-weather Fighter]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (77): 13–18. ISSN0757-4169.
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