Technical Precise — 3 museum-grade prints that set the mood. The Dassault Rafale M entered French Naval Aviation service in December 2000, with Flottille 12F becoming the first operational Rafale squadron in May 2001 aboard Charles de Gaulle during Exercise Trident d'Or. Designed for CATOBAR operations on France's nuclear-powered carrier, the Rafale M uses C13-3 steam catapults and barrier-arrested recovery — the same class of system fitted to U. The Sukhoi Su-57 — PAK FA programme airframe, NATO reporting name Felon — entered limited serial production as Russia's first claimed fifth-generation fighter, combining stealth shaping, supercruise-capable AL-41F1 engines, internal weapons bays for R-77 and R-74 family missiles, and distributed aperture sensing. The 929th State Flight Test Centre named for V. The British Aerospace Harrier GR9 represented the final RAF iteration of the world's first successful V/STOL combat jet, evolved from the GR7 through upgraded Pegasus Mk 107 engines, improved cockpit displays, and integration of Paveway IV precision-guided bombs. One Squadron — the same unit that first flew the Harrier into RAF service in 1969 — operated GR9s from RAF Cottesmore through Afghanistan-era deployments until the type's retirement in December 2010, when the RAF and Royal Navy transitioned carrier strike toward the F-35B Lightning II.

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