[sukhoi-30mki]

090719-N-6854D-001 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 19, 2009) A French Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft conducts touch and go landings aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during a coalition training exercise. The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility after a scheduled five month deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jon Dasbach/Released)

[ROCKLOBSTER]

The article doesn’t say...did they take out the Renault engine and put in a good one?

[billorites]

Training for this level of operational integration represents a tremendous commitment from the two Navys.

[ThunderSleeps]

The only difference in the flight deck jersey color scheme between the two navies is the significance of the color purple; for the U.S. Navy the color indicates the refueling team, for the French, it signifies the presence of the priest.

Not so different... When your low on fuel with no land divert available, you'll start praying for a good pass the first time around... :-)

[garyhope]

Personally, I wouldn’t make fun of the French or their navy. I think we need all the friends and allies that we can get.

If a Frenchman or woman joins their military, I think we should thank them and give them our support.

There are some tough French military members out there. Please don’t make fun of them. Like I said, we, America, freedom and rational thought and resistance against leftism/socialism need and deserve all the support we can give them.

France especially needs suppport in it’s resistance against Islamofascism and Islamic demographics in Europe.

Just my 2 cents.

[chrisser]

I enjoy haranguing the French as much as the next guy, but anyone capable of a clean carrier landing and then completing a complex mechanical maneuver in an unfamiliar environment is OK in my book.

I’m sure that anyone serving in the French military has much in common with those serving in ours.

[1rudeboy]

“They took our jerbs!”

[laotzu]

There is no Hell; there is only France -- Frank Zappa

[Vroomfondel]

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Current photos.

100604-N-6003P-169 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 4, 2010) A French navy maintenance team, assigned to Rafale squadron 12F, conducts an engine swap-out aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as part of interoperability operations with the French navy. Harry S. Truman is deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kilho Park/Released)

100604-N-4135M-230 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 4, 2010) A French navy maintenance team, assigned to Rafale squadron 12F, conducts an engine swap-out aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as part of interoperability operations with the French navy. Harry S. Truman is deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary Montgomery/Released)

100604-N-2921I-041 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 4, 2010) A French navy Rafale F-3 fighter aircraft lands aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman is deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Dusan Ilic/Released)

100604-N-2921I-034 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 4, 2010) A French navy Rafale F-3 fighter aircraft launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman is deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Dusan Ilic/Released)

100604-N-2844S-096 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 4, 2010) A French navy Rafale F-3 fighter aircraft lands aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman is deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daron Street/Released)