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8 Escadre de Chasse 8th Fighter Wing
Insignia of the Escadre
Active	25 August 2015 - present
Country	France
Branch	French Air and Space Force
Type	Fighter aircraft unit
Role	Aerial Instruction/Training/Aerial Drills
Part of	Fighter Brigade
Equipment	Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet

Military unit

The 8 Escadre de Chasse 8 EC or 8th Fighter Wing is a fighter formation of the Fighter Brigade of the French Air and Space Force, which was reformed on 25 August 2015 at Cazaux Air Base.

The unit has known previously various periods of activity:

On Aerial Base 108 Marignane, between 1 January 1936 and 1 May 1939;
In Indochina, between 16 January 1951 and 27 July 1954;
In Morocco, on Aerial Base 151 Rabat-Salé, between 1 August 1955 and November 1960
In Algeria on the base of Oran La Senia between November 1960 and July 1961
At Nancy Ochey between July 1961 and 1 December 1961
At Cazaux, between 1 February 1964 and 1 July 1993.

Composition

The 8 Escadre possesses two historical squadrons, the "Saintonge" and "Nice". The squadron "Languedoc" was attached to the Escadre during ten years.

Groupe Mixte I/8 Saintonge : from 16 January 1951 until 27 July 1954
Hunter Squadron Escadron de Chasse 1/8 Saintonge : from 9 September 1960 until 1 December 1961, and from 1 February 1964 until 31 July 1993

Aerial Base 108 Marigane: from 1 January 1936 until 1 May 1939
Indochina : from 16 January 1951 until 27 July 1954
Aerial Base 151 Rabat-Salé: from 1 August 1955 until the beginning of 1960
Aerial Base Nancy-Ochey : from the beginning of 1960 until 1 December 1961
Aerial Base 120 Cazaux : from 1 February 1964 until 31 July 1993, and as of 25 August 2015

Morane-Saulnier MS.225 : from 1 January 1936 until 1 January 1939
Dewoitine D.500 : from 1 January 1936 until 1 January 1939
Dewoitine D.510 : from 1 January 1939 until 1 May 1939
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt : from 16 January 1951 until 27 July 1954
Grumman F8F-1B Bearcat : from 16 January 1951 until 27 July 1954
Mistral : from 1 August 1955 until 1959
Dassault Mystère IVA : from June 1959 until 1 December 1961, and from 1 February 1964 until 1982
Alpha Jet: from October 1982 until 31 July 1993, and as of 25 August 2015