Description: The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Equipped with a wide range of weapons, the Rafale is intended to perform air supremacy, interdiction, aerial reconnaissance, ground support, in-depth strike, anti-ship strike and nuclear deterrence missions. The Rafale is referred to as an "omnirole" 4.5th generation aircraft by Dassault.

Rafale Ms in the Andesian Navy: following the Fulokan War (Falklands War) and the loss and the retirement of the Dassault-Breguet Super Étendards, the Andesian Navy was looking for 2 new CATOBAR aircraft to serve on the AV-01 José el Héroe and the AV-02 Veintiuno De Julio, both Colossus-class aircraft carriers. The first spot was already taken by the Lockheed Martin A-4AR Fightinghawk and so Andesia looked into many different aircraft. Examples include the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, a naval version of the IAI Nesher, which Andesia was already using for the Andesian Air Force, and eve acquiring some old McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantoms from the Central Caribenora Islands. Eventually, the Dassault Rafale M was settled and 45 were ordered. They have since seen service in some battles during the War on Terror.

Manufacture: Dassault

Design Group: Dassault

Years of Development: 1980s

Year of Rollout: 1991

Armament: 4x AIM-9RA Sidewinder (Andesia-equipped M Variants), 2x AIM-120B AMRAAM (Andesia-equipped M Variants), AGM-85D SSGAM (Andesia-equipped M Variants), Chaff and Flayers

Status: Operational, In production

Crew: 1x Pilot

Maximum Cruise Ceiling: 51,952 ft

Price: $115,000,000

Number Built: 273 (M variant)

Main Operators: (French) Navy, Andesian Navy, South Alafrican Navy,

Livery: standard Andesian Navy grey with blue fin flash

Squadron: 1st Naval Fighter Squadron