On May 10, 1966, a
Mirage IVA n°36 of the squadron conducted the first transatlantic flight with a combat aircraft at French reaction under the command of Commandant Dubroca and Captain Caubert in 7 hours and 40 minutes, in which three air supply aircraft reached Boston.[1]
End of the Mirage IV
On June 23, 2005, Mirage IV P n°59 conducted the last flight of Mirage IV of the squadron and the French Air Force, at the command of a commandant, operations chief of Gascogne. This equipment is displayed today on an aerial base.[2]
The Escadron de chasse 1/91 Gascogne was credited with dropping 120 bombs and conducted 368 missions in Libya during
Opération Harmattan.[3]
Rafale
The squadron was reformed on March 31, 2009, and equipped with Rafale, the unit integrated the
Strategic Air Forces. From August 31, 2015, to September 18, 2015, 15 Rafale of the Escadron de chasse 1/7 Provence,
Escadron de Chasse 2/30 Normandie-Niemen, and the 1/91 Gascogne were deployed to conduct an air-to-air campaign.[4]
Unit awards
Operation Harmattan, then Unified Protector (2011)
EC 1/91 Gascogne obtained a cross a citation at the orders of the Aerial Army.[5]
Designations
Groupe de Bombardement II/19: April 1, 1937 - September 1, 1940, (GB II/19)
Groupe de Bombardement Léger I/19: September 1, 1940 - February 21, 1944, (GBL I/19)
Groupe de Bombardement Moyen I/19: February 21, 1944 - April 1946, (GBM I/19)
Groupe de Bombardement I/19 Gascogne: January 1951 - November 1, 1955, (GB I/19 Gascogne)
Groupe de Bombardement 1/91 Gascogne: September 1, 1956 - September 17, 1962, (GB 1/19 Gascogne)
Escadron de Bombardement 1/91 Gascogne: June 1, 1964 - July 1, 1996, (EB 1/91 Gascogne)
Escadron de Reconnaissance Stratégique 1/91 Gascogne: July 1, 1996 - June 23, 2005, (ERS 1/91 Gascogne)
Escadron de Chasse 1/91 Gascogne: March 31, 2009 - September 1, 2016, (EC 1/91 Gascogne)
Escadron de Chasse 1/4 Gascogne: since September 1, 2016 (EC 1/4 Gascogne)
Bailey, Frank W. & Cony, Christophe (November 2001). "L'escadrille Spa 79 durant la Grande Guerre" [Escadrille Spa 79 During the Great War]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (104): 19–24.
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Bailey, Frank W. & Cony, Christophe (December 2001). "L'escadrille Spa 79 durant la Grande Guerre". Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (105): 30–35.
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Bailey, Frank W. & Cony, Christophe (February 2002). "L'escadrille Spa 79 durant la Grande Guerre". Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (107): 17–24.
ISSN1243-8650.
Grolleau, Henri-Pierre. "Rafale F3: la polyvalence", Air Fan, no 367, juin 2009, p. 37 to 40 (ISSN 0223-0038)
Morieult, Yves (March 2002). "Courrier des Lecteurs" [Readers' Letters]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (108): 2.
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Persyn, Lionel (April 1999). "Album-photos: sur B-26 Marauder au "Gascogne"" [Photo-Album: The B-26 Marauders of "Gascogne"]. Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (73): 27–29.
ISSN1243-8650.
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