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About the aircraft Super Étendard
French carrier-borne strike fighter
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The Etendard IV M was the first naval aircraft developed by Dassault. The Etendard IV M made its maiden flight 21st May 1958 at Melun-Villaroche (the Seine-et-Marne region of France). The wings of the aircraft are mid-mounted, swept-back, and tapered with blunt tips there are sawtooth in the leading edges.
There is one turbojet engine inside the body. There are semicircular air intakes below the canopy and a single exhaust. The fuselage has a long, pointed nose. The body bulges at the air intakes and tapers to the rear. There is a bubble canopy well forward on the nose. T
he dorsal spine extends from the cockpit to midbody. The tail is large, swept-back, and tapered tail fin with curved tip. The flats are low- to mid-mounted on the tail fin, swept-back, and tapered with blunt tips.
The Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard (French for "battle standard") is a French carrier-borne strike fighter aircraft designed for service with the French Navy.
The Super Étandard is a development of the earlier Étendard IVM that was originally to have been replaced by a navalised version of the SEPECAT Jaguar, the Jaguar M, until this plan was stalled by political problems. The prototype first flew on 28 October 1974.
The French Navy initially ordered 60 of the new model, which were delivered in June 1978 and the Argentinian Navy ordered 14. The Super Étendard had been developed in parallel with a new air-launched version of Aérospatiale's anti-shipping missile, the AM 39 Exocet, and these were supplied to Argentina as well.
The Etendard IVM went into formal service with the Aeronavale in 1961, with 69 machines being delivered into 1965, the aircraft serving on the carriers CLEMENCEAU and FOCH.
A sixth preproduction machine was ordered in 1959, this aircraft being configured as a photo-reconnaissance platform.
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Armament:
Guns: 2× 30 mm (1.18 in) DEFA 552 cannons with 150 rounds per gun
Rockets: 2× Matra rocket pods with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets each
Missiles: 2× AM-39 Exocets; 2× AS-
30L
Bombs: 2,100 kg (4,600 lb) of
payload on four external hardpoints,
including a variety of bombs or
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