Location: Saint Dizier AFB, France

Admission: 10€ for adults, 5€ for students (12-18 years), free for children (up to 12 years), veterans holding Medals from the French Air Force, and for the disabled.

Parking: Free as it was included with admission

The charity air show by the " la Fondation des Oeuvres Sociales de l'Air” was held at the Saint Dizier Air Force Base. The AFB is located close to St Dizier (100 km north-east to Reims and 100 km west to Nancy, France).

More than 50,000 visitors attended over the two days, this great aeronautical festival which coincided with the 60th anniversary of the base and the 30,000th flight-hour of the Rafale with the operational units of the French Air Force.

The show was continuous from ten in the morning till six in the evening. It included flight demonstrations from vintage aircraft, helicopters, to the newest generation of combat and transport aircraft in the service of the French. Also were several visiting foreign armed forces, as well as national and private aerobatic teams including the "Patrouille de France."

The highlight was the solo display of the French Rafale. Two Rafales with the numbers 118 (113-IW) and 121 (113-IZ) were painted in an outstanding black-gray scheme, dazzling the spectators on their own home turf, as they operate from the St. Dizier AFB.

The weather was an interesting mixture from sunny to cloudy, with a few thunderstorms, lightning, and hailstones thrown in for the fun of it!

AirShowsReview would like to thank Monsieur CDT Philippe Chaillet from the French Press Office in Paris (SIRPA) and Madame Marlene Gaudin-Aspis of the French Air Force Public Affairs located at St. Dizier AFB, for their generous cooperation, hospitality and friendliness!