Force d'action rapidly

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On September 24, 1987, Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl and French President François Mitterrand paid a visit to the Franco-German military exercise, Kecker Spatz . The exercise was carried out by the II. German Corps with 55,000 men and by the French Rapid Reaction Force (FAR) with 20,000 men in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg . It was the largest Franco-German exercise to date. In the picture: Arrival in Manching, President Mitterrand and Chancellor Kohl (from left to right) walk off a German-French company of honor.

The Force d'action rapide ( FAR ; German: Rapid Reaction Force ) was a corps of the French army that was set up on July 1, 1984 during a reorganization. It was intended for rapid deployment in crisis areas abroad. The FAR was dissolved again in 1999.

Commanders

  • 1984-1985 Gilbert Forray
  • 1986-1988 Paul Lardry
  • Henry Préaud
  • 1989–1990 Jacques Vidal
  • Michel Roquejeoffrey
  • 1993–1994 Bertrand de Sauville de Lapresle
  • 1994–1996 Philippe Morillon
  • 1996–1999 Jacques Bâton

Main formations

  • 4th division aéromobile, headquarters : Nancy
  • 6e division légère blindée, headquarters: Nîmes
  • 9e division d'infanterie de marine, headquarters: Nantes
  • 11e division parachutiste, headquarters: Toulouse
  • 27th division alpine, headquarters: Grenoble
  • Brigade logistique de la FAR, headquarters: Maisons-Laffitte

literature

  • Olivier Latrémoliere: La Force d'action rapid . Edition Midev, Paris 1992, ISBN 2-909938-00-X .

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