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Quite an interesting read actually, not only concerning the colours below etc...
The A330 MRTT Phénix of the French Air Force and its livery
26 April 2017
The new aircraft of the Strategic Air Forces (FAS) will adopt the following livery, with a tapered line that runs along the entire aircraft and which strongly recalls the long feathers of the mythical bird.
The coat of arms of Brittany is to be seen on the top of the drift, and on the other side, that of the Esterel, which will pass under the command of the FAS in 2021.
Contacted in November 2014 on Twitter,
the communication cell of the French Ministry of Defense explained that this choice was made
in order "to associate the legendary character of this mythical bird with a remarkable aircraft at all levels of performance".
Speaking at the symposium on the 50th anniversary of French nuclear deterrence,
Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that "this choice is not the result of a costly Marketing study.
On the contrary,
it is the fruit of the reflection of the future users themselves "and that it is" not insignificant ".
Finally, the Minister also made a parallel between
"the colors Red and Gold of the 'Phoenix' [which] also come to recall the red, color of the Strategic Air Forces,
as well as the gold of the wings of the Air Force" .
