French Naval Aviation
I don't remember the exact date, but IIRC one of the 2 French aircraft carriers had been operating as a helicopter carrier since about 1970. I don't know if they could have turned it back into an operational attack carrier at short notice in 1982.
From some notes I made a while ago from a French website about the Aeronavale its strength in 1982 was:
-One Alize squadron (6F) because 9F was disbanded in 1973.
-One Crusader squadron (12F) because 14F converted to Super Etendards in 1980.
-3 Super Etendard squadrons (11, 14 and 17F) which had converted 1979-80. There had originally been 3 Etendard IVM squadrons, but 15F disbanded in 1970.
-One Etendard IVP squadron (16F).
-5 LRMP squadrons (21-25F). The first four with Atlantiques and the last had Neptunes.
-5 helicopter squadrons (31-35F). One Alouette, 2 Super Frelon and 2 Lynx.
I don't remember the exact date, but IIRC one of the 2 French aircraft carriers had been operating as a helicopter carrier since about 1970. I don't know if they could have turned it back into an operational attack carrier at short notice in 1982.
From some notes I made a while ago from a French website about the Aeronavale its strength in 1982 was:
-One Alize squadron (6F) because 9F was disbanded in 1973.
-One Crusader squadron (12F) because 14F converted to Super Etendards in 1980.
-3 Super Etendard squadrons (11, 14 and 17F) which had converted 1979-80. There had originally been 3 Etendard IVM squadrons, but 15F disbanded in 1970.
-One Etendard IVP squadron (16F).
-5 LRMP squadrons (21-25F). The first four with Atlantiques and the last had Neptunes.
-5 helicopter squadrons (31-35F). One Alouette, 2 Super Frelon and 2 Lynx.