Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard

The Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard is a French carrier-borne strike fighter, now retired, designed and produced by Dassault-Breguet, the maker later called Dassault Aviation. It was developed in the 1970s after French officials decided against buying a navalised version of the SEPECAT Jaguar, and it drew heavily on the Étendard IVM with a more powerful engine, a new wing and improved avionics. It first flew in October 1974 and entered French Navy service in June 1978. The Argentine Navy used it with the Exocet anti-ship missile in the 1982 Falklands War, which brought the aircraft wide public recognition, and Iraq used it against shipping in the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War. France withdrew its last examples in 2016 in favour of the Rafale, and Argentina retired its aircraft in 2023.