Escadron de Chasse 2/3 Champagne
Military unit
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Escadron de Chasse 2/3 Champagne (Fighter Squadron 2/3 Champagne) is a French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) fighter squadron currently stationed at Base Aérienne 133 Nancy â Ochey (IATA: LFSO) which flies the Dassault Mirage 2000D.[1]
| Fighter Squadron 2/3 Champagne | |
|---|---|
| Escadron de Chasse 2/3 Champagne | |
| Active | July 1, 1932 - present |
| Country |  France |
| Branch |  Armée de l'air et de l'espace |
| Type | Fighter aircraft |
| Role | Aerial Support Aerial Bombardment |
| Part of | 3e Escadre de Chasse |
| Garrison/HQ | Base Aérienne 133 Nancy â Ochey |
| Engagements | World War II Indochina War Bosnian War War in Afghanistan |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Fighter | Dassault Mirage 2000D |
Denominations
- Groupe de Chasse (GC) I/5 (1932 - 1943)
- Groupe de Chasse I/5 Champagne (1944 - 1947)
- Groupe de Chasse II/3 Champagne (1947 - 1950)
- Escadron de Chasse (EC) 2/3 Champagne (1950 - ...)
Escadrilles
From 1932 to 1992 :
- 1st Escadrille : Escadrille SPA 67 'Cigogne sur fanion' (Stork on flag)
- 2nd Escadrille : Escadrille SPA 75 'Charognard sable et or' (Sand and gold scavenger)
Since 1992 :
- 1st Escadrille : Escadrille SPA 67
- 2nd Escadrille : Escadrille SPA 75
- 3rd Escadrille : Escadrille SPA 102 'Soleil de Rhodes (Rhodes' Sun)
Escadres
- 5e Escadre de Chasse (1932 - 1939)
- 3e Escadre de Chasse (1944 - ...)
Aircraft flown
- Loire-Gourdou-Leseurre LGL 32 (1932 - 1936)
- Dewoitine D.500/ 501/ 510 (1936 - 1939)
- Curtiss H-75 (1939 - 1943)
- Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (1943 - 09/1943)
- Bell P-39 Airacobra (1943 - 1944)
- Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (1944â1948)
- Supermarine Spitfire (1948 - 1950)
- De Havilland DH 100 Vampire (1950 - 1951)
- Republic F-84 Thunderjet (1951 - 1956)
- Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (1955 - 1959)
- North American F-100 Super Sabre (1959 - 1965)
- Dassault Mirage IIIE (1965 - 1991)
- Dassault Mirage 2000N (1991 - 1998)
- Dassault Mirage 2000D (1998 - ...)