The army show in Toulouse

“Can you tell me what’s going on?” This Wednesday, July 2, 2025, shortly before 5 p.m., the crowd crowds along the barriers that frame the Place du Capitole in Toulouse. The air force and space ceremony will begin. It formalizes the creation of the first air base with a French spatial vocation, BA 101.

The headquarters of the space command should be put into service in September 2025, but the celebrations are already beginning.

Visit the Patrol of France plane

All day long, visitors were able to take advantage of different stands to discover the army trades, understand the functioning of the new air base and learn the history of the old – that of Francazal, closed 16 years ago.

A French patrol plane was also exposed on the Place du Capitole, which the curious people were able to visit. Arrived in several rooms, it took four hours of assembly so that it sits proudly in the center of the square.

Aircraft ceremony and parade

Shortly before 5 p.m., the AlphaJet ended up being moved: it’s time for solemn. The uniforms align, come together, stop. Silence on the square.

“Much more than a reopening, we are marking a refoundation today,” says the army at the microphone. “This ceremony underlines French spatial ambition ; This day is one of those who will count in the history of our army. It is here, at the heart of the institutional, industrial and academic ecosystem of French and European aeronautics and space, that we build the bridgehead of our aerospace military power. »»

After half an hour of ceremony, without summons, The public sees above the roofs the first A400 m. It is followed by an alphajet surrounded by two bursts. A second A400 m closes the parade.

It will have lasted in everything and for all thirty seconds. The AlphaJet remains on the Place du Capitole until 9 p.m. on Wednesday, July 2. It will be dismantled in Thursday morning before quitter Toulouse.

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