{"id":28404800,"date":"2026-10-17T10:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T08:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/dassault-etendard-iv-french-navy-carrier-strike-jet-history\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T10:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T08:30:30","slug":"dassault-etendard-iv-french-navy-carrier-strike-jet-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/dassault-etendard-iv-french-navy-carrier-strike-jet-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Dassault \u00c9tendard IV: France&#8217;s First Carrier Strike Jet"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!-- mfsh:top -->\r\n\r\n<style>\r\n.mfsh-trigger{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;height:44px;padding:0 18px;margin:0 0 26px;border:2px solid 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The French Air Force was not interested, and neither were the NATO air forces it had been pitched to. Then the French Navy took a look at a bigger, more powerful version, and France got its first home-grown carrier strike jet.<\/p>\r\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/etendard-iv\/\">Dassault \u00c9tendard IV<\/a> flew from the decks of the carriers Clemenceau and Foch for nearly three decades, and its reconnaissance version kept going until 2000. It also became the parent of a far more famous aircraft, the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/super-etendard\/\">Super \u00c9tendard<\/a>. This is the story of the naval jet that was almost never built.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f4f6f9;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:18px 22px;margin:22px 0 26px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:700;color:#0d1117\">Quick Facts<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px\"><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Role:<\/strong> Carrier-based strike fighter and reconnaissance aircraft<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Manufacturer:<\/strong> Dassault Aviation<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>First flight:<\/strong> 24 July 1956 (naval prototype)<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Built:<\/strong> 90: 69 \u00c9tendard IVM strike fighters and 21 \u00c9tendard IVP reconnaissance jets<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Engine:<\/strong> One SNECMA Atar turbojet without afterburner<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Carriers:<\/strong> Clemenceau and Foch<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Retired:<\/strong> IVM in July 1991; IVP on 27 July 2000<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A private venture the Navy wanted<\/h2>\r\n<p>The \u00c9tendard grew out of lessons from the Korean War. In the early 1950s French manufacturers were offered two specifications, one for the French Air Force and one for NATO's air forces. Dassault answered both with a single basic design in two versions, the \u00c9tendard II and the lighter \u00c9tendard VI. Prototypes of both flew, but neither found buyers.<\/p>\r\n<p>Dassault did not give up. As a private venture it had been working on a larger, more powerful variant, originally called the Myst\u00e8re XXIV. The French Navy showed interest, so Dassault built a navalised prototype with new navigation and radar systems, folding wings, an arrester hook and a strengthened fuselage. It flew on 24 July 1956, and after trials with five pre-production aircraft the Navy ordered 69 \u00c9tendard IVM strike fighters and 21 \u00c9tendard IVP reconnaissance aircraft.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RMuT9KxG0io\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;font-style:italic\">Jumpseat and Aerobuzz on the \u00c9tendard IVM and Super \u00c9tendard, the jets that shaped French naval aviation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Small, nimble and subsonic<\/h2>\r\n<p>The \u00c9tendard was a lightweight attack jet with a sharply swept wing, double-slotted flaps, spoilers and leading-edge droops for slow carrier approaches, and wings that folded to save space below deck. It used the same SNECMA Atar family of engine as the Air Force's <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mirage-iii\/\">Mirage III<\/a>, but without the afterburner. That kept it transonic: it could only exceed the speed of sound in a dive. Pilots valued it for its manoeuvrability.<\/p>\r\n<p>It carried two 30 mm DEFA cannon and four underwing hardpoints for bombs, rockets, air-to-surface missiles and Sidewinder or Magic air-to-air missiles.<\/p>\r\n<p>A compact Dassault Aida radar sat in the nose, together with a Swedish-made Saab bombing computer for accuracy. A refuelling probe in the nose let one \u00c9tendard top up another, and the type could also serve as a buddy tanker.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/french-carrier-flight-deck-etendard-crusader-1970s.jpg\" alt=\"The forward flight deck of a French aircraft carrier in the 1970s crowded with \u00c9tendard IV jets, F-8 Crusaders and an Aliz\u00e9\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The forward flight deck of a French carrier in the 1970s, with \u00c9tendards parked alongside F-8E(FN) Crusaders and a Breguet Aliz\u00e9. US Navy photo, public domain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Clemenceau, Foch and a long career<\/h2>\r\n<p>The French Navy received its first \u00c9tendards in December 1961, and in 1962 the type deployed for the first time aboard the newly built carriers Clemenceau and Foch. It shared their decks with the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-8-crusader\/\">F-8 Crusader<\/a> fighters bought from the United States and the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/breguet-alize\/\">Breguet Aliz\u00e9<\/a> anti-submarine aircraft.<\/p>\r\n<p>The Navy's planned replacement was a navalised <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/sepecat-jaguar\/\">SEPECAT Jaguar<\/a>, the Jaguar M. It never entered service. Dassault lobbied hard for an improved \u00c9tendard instead, and the Navy chose it: the Super \u00c9tendard, which went on to fame with Argentina in the Falklands War. The original kept flying alongside its successor, was withdrawn from front-line strike duties in 1987, and the last \u00c9tendard IVM fighters retired in July 1991 from the carrier training squadron 59S.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/deHjB18hq5Q\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;font-style:italic\">A short film of the Dassault \u00c9tendard IVM in French Navy service.<\/p>\r\n<p>The reconnaissance \u00c9tendard IVP lasted longest. Its long nose held five OMERA cameras, with room in the belly for long-focus cameras in place of the guns, and its refuelling probe was fixed rather than retractable because the cameras left no space to stow it. The last IVPs were retired on 27 July 2000. Over its career the \u00c9tendard fleet reportedly flew some 180,000 hours and made about 25,300 carrier landings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/dassault-etendard-ivp-in-flight-1988.jpg\" alt=\"A French Navy \u00c9tendard IVP reconnaissance jet in flight in 1988, seen from below and to the side\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">An \u00c9tendard IVP reconnaissance aircraft in flight in 1988. The IVP's long nose housed five OMERA cameras. US Navy photo, public domain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>Not bad for a jet that started life as a design nobody had asked for.<\/p>\r\n<p>Preserved \u00c9tendards survive in French museums, among them the \u00c9tendard IVM of the Ailes Anciennes Armorique collection at Vannes shown at the top of this page.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p6eFFJvdvtw\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;font-style:italic\">Weapon Detective on the \u00c9tendard IV and Super \u00c9tendard as ship-killers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Sources: Wikipedia (Dassault \u00c9tendard IV), MiGFlug Aircraft Encyclopedia<\/em><\/p>\r\n<!-- mfsh:bottom -->\r\n\r\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-trigger mfsh-bottom\" data-mfsh-placement=\"bottom\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><svg><use href=\"#mfsh-i-share\"\/><\/svg>Share this story<\/button>\r\n\r\n<!-- \/mfsh:bottom -->\r\n\r\n\r\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"mfq\"><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"qa\"><details open><summary>What was the Dassault \u00c9tendard IV?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The Dassault \u00c9tendard IV was a French carrier-based strike fighter and reconnaissance jet. The naval prototype first flew on 24 July 1956, and the French Navy received 69 \u00c9tendard IVM strike fighters and 21 \u00c9tendard IVP reconnaissance aircraft, 90 in total.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Was the \u00c9tendard IV supersonic?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">No. The \u00c9tendard IV used a SNECMA Atar turbojet without an afterburner and was a transonic aircraft. It could only exceed the speed of sound in a dive.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Which carriers did the \u00c9tendard IV fly from?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The \u00c9tendard IV deployed aboard the French carriers Clemenceau and Foch from 1962, operating alongside F-8E(FN) Crusader fighters and Breguet Aliz\u00e9 anti-submarine aircraft.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>What is the difference between the \u00c9tendard IVM and IVP?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The \u00c9tendard IVM was the strike fighter version armed with two 30 mm cannon and underwing weapons. The \u00c9tendard IVP was the photo-reconnaissance version, with five OMERA cameras in a longer nose and a fixed refuelling probe.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>When was the \u00c9tendard IV retired?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The \u00c9tendard IVM strike fighters were retired in July 1991, their last unit being the carrier training squadron 59S. The \u00c9tendard IVP reconnaissance version remained in service until 27 July 2000.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How is the \u00c9tendard IV related to the Super \u00c9tendard?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The Super \u00c9tendard was an improved development of the \u00c9tendard IV, chosen by the French Navy after the navalised Jaguar M was cancelled. 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