Aeronavale F/A-18 Hornets

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[a href=\"http://frenchnavy.free.fr/aircraft/hornet/hornet.htm\" target=\"_blank\"]Free French Naval Website[/a]

According to this article France planned on leasing/buying Hornets to cover the period between the (planned) withdrawal of the Crusader in the mid 80's and the (planned) service entry of the Rafale in the mid 90's.

There's also some stuff on the Jaguar M on the site.