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A Super Étendard at RIAT in 2005.
Role	Strike fighter
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Dassault-Breguet
First flight	28 October 1974
Introduction	June 1978
Retired	July 2016 (French Navy)
Primary users	French Naval Aviation (historical) Argentine Naval Aviation (historical) Iraqi Air Force (historical)
Produced	1974–1983
Number built	85
Developed from	Dassault Étendard IV

The Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard (Étendard is French for "battle flag", cognate to English "standard") is a French carrier-borne strike fighter aircraft designed by Dassault-Breguet for service with the French Navy. The aircraft is an advanced development of the Étendard IVM, which it replaced. The Super Étendard first flew in October 1974 and entered French service in June 1978. French Super Étendards have served in several conflicts such as the Kosovo war, the war in Afghanistan and the military intervention in Libya.

The aircraft is an advanced development of the Étendard IVM, which it replaced. The Super Étendard first flew in October 1974 and entered French service in June 1978. French Super Étendards have served in several conflicts such as the Kosovo war, the war in Afghanistan and the military intervention in Libya.

Design

The Super Étendard is a small, single-engined, mid-winged aircraft with an all-metal structure. Both the wings and tailplane are swept, with the folding wings having a sweepback of about 45 degrees, while the aircraft is powered by a non-afterburning SNECMA Atar 8K-50 turbojet with a rating of 49 kN (11,025 lbf). Its performance was not much better than the Étendard IV, but its avionics were significantly improved.

The main new weapon of the Super Étendard was the French anti-shipping missile, the Aérospatiale AM 39 Exocet. The aircraft had a Thomson-CSF Agave radar, an updated version of the Cyrano IV used on the Dassault Mirage F1, which, amongst other functions, was essential to launch the Exocet missile. One of the major technical advances of the Super Étendard was its onboard UAT-40 central computer; this managed most mission-critical systems, integrating navigational data and functions, radar information and display, and weapons targeting and controls.^[.

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General Info

- Crew: 1
- Length: 14.31 m (46 ft 11 in)
- Wingspan: 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
- Height: 3.86 m (12 ft 8 in)
- Wing area: 28.4 m² (306 sq ft)

Powerplant

Empty weight: 6,500 kg (14,330 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 12,000 kg
Powerplant: 1 × Snecma Atar 8K-50 turbojet, 49 kN (11,000 lbf) thrust

Specifications

Maximum speed: 1,205 km/h
Range: 1,820 km (1,130 mi, 980 nmi)
Combat range: 850 km (530 mi, 460 nmi) with one AM39 Exocet missile on one wing pylon and one drop tank on opposite pylon, hi-lo-hi profile
Service ceiling: 13,700 m

Armament

- - Guns: 2× 30 mm (1.18 in) DEFA 552 cannons with 125 rounds per gun
  - Hardpoints: 4× underwing and 2× under-fuselage with a capacity of 2,100 kg (4,600 lb) maximum
  - Rockets: 4× Matra rocket pods with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets each
  - Missiles:
    - 1× AM-39 Exocet Anti-shipping missile

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The Argentine Naval Aviation decided to buy 14 Super Étendards in 1979 after the United States put an arms embargo in place, due to the Dirty War and refused to supply spare parts for Argentina's fleet of A-4Q Skyhawks.

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Deliveries of the Super Étendard to the French Navy started in 1978, with the first squadron, Flottille 11F.

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On May 30 two Super Étendards, one carrying Argentina's last remaining Exocet, escorted by four A-4C Skyhawks each with two 500lb bombs, took off to attack the carrier HMS Invincible.

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