DIMENSIONS
Wing spanm
Lengthm
Heightm
Presentation
SPECIFICATIONS AND PERFORMANCE DATA
key figures
STORE STATIONS
Total
Heavy-wet
WEIGHT
Overall empty weightt
(22,000 lbs) class
Max. take-off weightt
(54,000 lbs)
Fuel (internal)t
(10,300 lbs)
Fuel (external)UP TOt
(14,700 lbs)
External loadt
(21,000 lbs)
PERFORMANCES
Max. thrust2 ×t
Limit load factorsg/g
Max. speedMach/knots
Approach speed<knots
Landing
ground runm
ground runm
(1,500 ft) without drag-chute
Service ceilingft
Several tranches of Rafales have been ordered by the French Armed Forces, totalling 234 aircraft for the French Air Force and the French Marine Nationale.
Eight French Air Force and three French Navy units are equipped with the Rafale:
- Escadron de Chasse 1/4 “Gascogne », Saint-Dizier
- Escadron de Chasse 2/4 “La Fayette », Saint-Dizier
- Escadron de Transformation Rafale 3/4 “Aquitaine », Saint-Dizier
- Escadron de Chasse et d’Expérimentation 1/30 “Côte d’Argent », Mont-de-Marsan
- Escadron de Chasse 2/30 “Normandie-Niemen », Mont-de-Marsan
- Escadron de Chasse 3/30 “Lorraine », Mont-de-Marsan
- Escadron de Chasse 1/7 “Provence », Al Dhafra, United Arab Emirates
- Escadron de Chasse 1/5 “Vendée », Orange
- Flottilles 11F, 12F et 17F in Landivisiau and on board the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.
The Rafale regularly participates in numerous multinational exercises: Red Flag, ATLC, Tiger Meet, Maple Flag, Arctic Challenge, Pitch Black, Bold Quest…. The Rafale M is the only non-US type of fighter cleared to operate from the decks of US carriers.