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1:28 p.m., July 14, 2022
This Thursday marks the day of the traditional July 14 parade on the Champs-Élysées. For the occasion, 6,300 people marched on the two kilometers of the avenue from 10 a.m. to noon. In detail: 4,925 troops on foot, 120 vehicles including four jaguars, and the new army armored vehicle. In the sky: 25 helicopters, 64 planes and, for the first time, a drone.
- 6,3000 people marched on the Champs-Élysées
- Emmanuel Macron flew with the Patrouille de France
- For the first time, a drone paraded
- This July 14 was placed under the sign of the armies of the countries of the East
A parade placed under the sign of the countries of the East
However, no head of state from the Eastern countries was present and no tribute to the Ukrainian soldiers took place.
Europe 1 had access to the Griffon, the brand new armored vehicle of the French army
On the occasion of the traditional July 14 parade, the French army unveiled its brand new jewel of technology: the Griffin. A brand new armored vehicle that paraded on the Champs-Elysées this Thursday morning. Europe 1 takes you behind the scenes of this armored behemoth, the first connected device.
Why will you see a drone parade for the first time?
This is a first that took place this Thursday morning on the Champs-Élysées for the July 14 parade. Long reluctant to the idea, for fear of overshadowing its own fighter pilots, the French army will parade a Reaper drone, which will be inserted between the Mirages and the Rafales.
Emmanuel Macron flew with the Patrouille de France
I can testify to this: our soldiers are ready for tomorrow and we will be there to tell them how proud we are. pic.twitter.com/XVd3tlXBlY
—Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) July 13, 2022
The President of the Republic implied, on the eve of the parade of July 14, to have flown over Paris last Friday with the Patrouille de France.