La 2ème Escadre de Chasse

[dick loh vervallen]

La 2ème Escadre de Chasse is one of the oldest units in the French Air Force. Therefor I thought it would be nice to show you guys the variety of slides I do have of this unit in my collection. I’ve choosen to spand the Dijon period only as for most of us this base was synonyme with EC2. It is not meant to be complete but just to show what I do have collected (credit to the makers) throughout the years.
Escadron de Chasse 1/2 "Cigognes" started flying the Mirage IIIE in 1968 and swapped it in 1986 for the Mirage 2000C and B. In 2000 the unit started flying with the updated Mirage 2000-5F. Traditions of three Escadrilles are worn on the tail with the selection below are that of the SPA 3 "Cigogne de Guynemer".
1. Mirage IIIE 462/2-EH on 16 June 1974.
2. Mirage 2000C 37/2-EU in August 1994.
3. Mirage 2000B 501/2-EQ in February 1991.
4. Alpha Jet E75/2-EM in July 1998.
5. Mirage 2000-5F 56/2-EG in October 2001.

[dick loh vervallen]

1. Alpha Jet E43/2-EI wears the markings of SPA 12 "Cigogne" on the tail. This escadille was added to EC 1/2 on 9 September 1994.
2. SPA 103 "Cigogne d'argent de Fonck" adorns the tail of Mirage 2000C 19/2-EA seen visiting Twenthe on 22 August 1995.
3. Mirage 2000B 517/2-EB in November 1990.
4. Mirage 2000-5F 47/2-EP in March 2001.

On 28 July 2011 the EC 1/2 was transferred to Luxeuil.

[dick loh vervallen]

ECT 2/2 "Côte d'or" the Mirage training unit started flying the twin-seat Mirage IIIB in July 1962. On 23 March 1972 the BE model was added on strength. The two-seaters were withdrawn from use on 20 June 1986 and replaced by Mirage 2000B and C. Also used for training purposes a couple Mirage IIIR’s were used from May 1983 till 20 June 1986. Beside the allocated code 2-F. the 2-Z. range was also used for a while. On 27 June 1986 ECT 2/2 lost its training role and became a regular EC and was disbanded on 7 September 2007 while its traditions were subsequently transferred to other units.

First of the three traditions of ECT 2/2 are that of SPA 57 "La Mouette en vol"

1. Mirage IIIBE 270/2-ZA in July 1982.
2. Mirage IIIR 314/2-ZN in February 1984.
3. Mirage 2000C 3/2-FP and 14/2-FO in January 1995.
4. Mirage 2000B 508/2-FE in October 1995.

[dick loh vervallen]

SPA 65 "Chimère d'argent"

1. Mirage IIIC 7/2-FD was photographed during the open day at Dijon on 16 June 1974.
2. Mirage IIIBE 266/2-ZJ in June 1979.
3. Mirage IIIR 346/2-ZO in December 1983.
4. Mirage 2000B 502/2-FA in May 1992.
5. Alpha Jet E32/2-FI in March 2009.

[dick loh vervallen]

On 6 October 1972 the SPA 94 "La mort qui fauche" was added as third escadrille to the ECT 2/2.

1. Mirage IIIBE 276/2-ZH in November 1976.
2. Mirage IIIB 220/2-FH at Dijon on 14 February 1984.
3. Mirage 2000B 511/2-FH in the Summer of 97.

[dick loh vervallen]

From 27 September 1968 till 26 july 1985 the Escadron de Chasse 3/2 "Alsace" flew the Mirage IIIE. Like the other units at Dijon it was also re-equipped with the Mirage 2000. On 1 August 1993 the "Alsace" number plate was transferred to the EC 3/13 at Colmar.

The 2-H. code range was reserved for aircraft of the Section d'Accueil, de Liaisons et d'Entraînement (SALE – base flight) 2ème escadre.

1. Mirage IIIE 403/2-LB on 16 June 1974.
2. Mirage 2000C 19/2-LA in March 1987.
3. MD 311 265/2-HD on 16 June 1974.
4. T-33A 14044/2-HC in May 1978.
5.CM-170 230/2-HA in January 1993.

[Paul van der Linden]

Great topic Dick, I am looking forward to the rest of the FAF units!

Greetings, Paul

[andel]

Mirage Rocks !!!!.
Some very nice shots of the Mirage-III,s.

[Bennie]

Très bien, especially the A2A stuff!!!

[Alpha Kilo One]

What part did you collect, and what part is your own craftmanship....?
Good stuff by the way.