French Foreign Legion
Corps of the French Army
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| 2025 | Planned entry of Rafale F4 standard into operational service. |
| July 2023 | Syracuse 4B telecommunication satellite launched. |
| July 20 2023 | Cyrille Youchtchenko became the 15th commander of the Foreign Legion Command, succeeding Alain Lardet. |
| March 2023 | The last six student fighter pilots received their badges on Alpha Jet, marking the end of the advanced jet training program with this aircraft. |
| March 2023 | CSO-3 satellite launched, completing the current Earth observation satellite constellation. |
| March 22 2023 | Transformed the Territorial Command of the Air and Space Army (CTAAE), formerly the Air Forces Command, on March 22, 2023. |
| 2022 | Ukraine established the International Legion of Territorial Defense in response to the Russian invasion, creating volunteer battalions for foreign fighters. |
| May 2022 | Withdrew the last two Transall C-160 Gabriel reconnaissance aircraft from service. |
| 2021 | Formed the Air Force Firefighters Brigade (Brigade des pompiers de l'air), bringing together rescue and firefighting personnel into 25 units of around 1,500 personnel. |
| 2021 | Colonel Emmanuel Combe assumes command of the regiment, continuing leadership into the future. |
| 2021 | Colonel Perrier becomes commander of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er R.E.G). |
| 2021 | Mamady Doumbouya, a former Foreign Legion member, led a military coup in Guinea and became the country's head of state. |
| November 2021 | All 3 CERES electromagnetic intelligence satellites launched. |
| October 2021 | Syracuse 4A telecommunication satellite launched, succeeding the Syracuse III constellation. |
| August 2021 | Pléiades Neo 4 satellite launched, further expanding France's satellite reconnaissance capabilities. |
| April 2021 | Pléiades Neo 3 satellite launched as part of the new Earth observation constellation. |
| 2020 | Created the Air Force Special Forces Brigade (Brigade des forces spéciales air) on the basis of the former Air Force Security Forces Brigade. |
| December 2020 | CSO-2 satellite launched, continuing the French military Earth observation satellite program. |
| September 10 2020 | Renamed to the French Air and Space Force, reflecting an expanded mission to include outer space operations and signaling a strategic evolution of the military branch. |
| 2019 | The Special Operations Group returned to Legion Command, though not part of the Legion Brigade, assigned as the Legion's contribution to Army Special Operations. |
| 2019 | Colonel Fleuret assumes command of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er R.E.G). |
| July 2019 | Official designation changed from Air Army (Armée de l'air) to Air and Space Army (Armée de l'air et de l'espace), transforming the previous Inter-Service Space Command into the Space Command and absorbing it into the Air and Space Force as its fourth command. |
| December 2018 | CSO-1 satellite launched as part of the Earth observation constellation, succeeding the Helios 2 constellation. |
| 2017 | Colonel De Boisfleury takes command of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment, leading from 2017 to 2021. |
| 2017 | Colonel Pinard-Legry takes command of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er R.E.G). |
| 2015 | Lieutenant-Colonel De Sercey becomes the regimental commander, serving from 2015 to 2017. |
| 2015 | Colonel Phelut becomes commander of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er R.E.G). |
| June 25 2015 | The French Air Force headquarters moved from the former Paris Air Base (BA 117) to the new Balard armed forces complex in Paris. |
| 2014 | Georgian Legion was formed to fight in the war in Donbas and the Russo-Ukrainian War. |
| August 27 2014 | Formation of the Expeditionary Command and Control Air Force Wing 00.550 (EAC2P 00.550) at Évreux-Fauville Air Base, based on the former Groupement tactique des systèmes d'information et de communication (GTSICAéro). |
| 2013 | Colonel Reussner takes over command of the regiment, leading from 2013 to 2015. |
| 2013 | Colonel Coulet assumes command of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er R.E.G). |
| 2012 | The comic strip Crock, which depicted life in the French Foreign Legion, ended its publication after 37 years. |
| 2011 | Colonel Bonini assumes command of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment, serving from 2011 to 2013. |
| 2011 | Colonel Gombaud takes command of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er R.E.G). |
| 2010 | Russian Armed Forces changed service conditions to allow foreigners to enlist, with potential for fast-track citizenship after three years of service. |
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