{"id":47475,"date":"2022-05-23T20:36:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T18:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=47475"},"modified":"2022-05-27T16:26:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T14:26:33","slug":"the-images-of-the-mid-air-collision-between-two-french-rafale-fighters-at-an-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/05\/23\/the-images-of-the-mid-air-collision-between-two-french-rafale-fighters-at-an-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"The images of the mid-air collision between two French Rafale fighters at an exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past weekend, the \"Meeting de l'Air\" was held in France at the 709 Cognac-Ch\u00e2teaubernard Air Base, which recorded a serious incident.<\/p>\n

The deafening experience of a B-52 bomber passing a few meters above you<\/a><\/rel>
\nThe process of painting of the tails of a Spanish EF-18 Hornet fighter from 15th Wing<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

This Sunday at 12:20 a tactical demonstration of two Dassault Rafale C fighters<\/a> from the 30th Lorraine Fighter Squadron of the French Air Force, based in Mont-de-Marsan, in southwestern France, and which recently participated at the NATO Tiger Meet 2022<\/a> in Araxos, Greece, winning three of the five awards at the event.<\/p>\n

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One of the Rafales in question was the \"Rogue Spartan\"<\/strong>, which won the award for best decoration at that Tiger Meet with this painting alluding to the Spartans of Leonidas at the Battle of Thermopylae (photo by Arm\u00e9e de l'Air).<\/p>\n

During the display in Cognac, the two fighters brushed against each other during a formation flight.<\/strong> I have not found any video of that moment, but the Twitter user @oneday_onephoto<\/a> captured several photos of the moment of the collision. You can see them enlarged here. In this first image we see the moment of the collision: an object breaks off behind the planes and the upper part of the tail of the \"Rogue Spartan\" falls apart.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In this second image, the \"Rogue Spartan\" breaks formation<\/strong> (it is the fighter that appears below, showing the belly).<\/p>\n

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In this third image we see an object falling to the right, and the \"Rogue Spartan\" (upper left) is already flying without the upper part of the tail.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fortunately, both aircraft were able to safely return to base<\/strong>, despite the damage sustained in the collision. In this photo posted by @Ansierra117<\/a> we see the \"Rogue Spartan\" with the upper part of the tail cut off and damage to its left wing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Here we see a photo posted by Cannonfodder43 on the Secretprojects.co.uk<\/a> forum showing tail damage to the \"Rogue Spartan\".<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In this other photo from Cannonfodder43 we see the damage to the rear of the \"Rogue Spartan's\" left wing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Yet another photo from Cannonfodder43, showing the damage to the \"Rogue Spartan's\" left wing, seen from below.<\/strong> What we see on the lower right is the marginal support that the wing carries for an air-to-air missile.<\/p>\n

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In this other photo by @Ansierra117<\/a> we see the damage to the right canard plane of the other Rafale, which was left bent.<\/strong> There is also minor damage to the outside of the right engine air intake.<\/p>\n

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In this photo published by Charentelibre.fr<\/a> we see the upper part of the drift of the \"Rogue Spartan\", which fell on a house in the village of Gensac-la-Pallue<\/strong>, 8 kilometers from the Cognac base.<\/p>\n

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\"Its tail was cut at the level of the element that concentrates various sensors of its electronic suite SPECTRA<\/strong> [Rafale Fire Control Prevention and Protection System], including the missile launch detection unit, the missile launch of the analysis head of the sensor, the rear warning detector and the upper drift communication and amplification unit\"<\/em>, Opex360.com<\/a> point out. Despite the damage suffered, which will not be cheap to repair, the pilots reacted in time and prevented the accident from becoming a tragedy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Main photo: @Ansierra117<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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