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The Dassault Super Etendard is a French carrier-borne "strike" fighter in service with the French and Argentine Navy. A small number were also flown by the Iraqi Air Force for a brief period during the Iran-Iraq War.

It is a development of the earlier Etendard IVM that was originally to have been replaced by a navalised version of the SEPECAT Jaguar, the Jaguar M, until this plan was stalled by political problems. The French Navy initially ordered 60 of the new model, and the Argentinian Navy ordered 14. The Super Etendard had been developed in parallel with a new air-launched version of Aérospatiale's anti-shipping missile, the AM 39 Exocet, and these were supplied to Argentina as well.

At the time of the Falklands War, Argentina had taken delivery of five Super Etendards and five Exocets. All five of the missiles were used during the conflict, with one missile destroying the HMS SheffieldHMS Sheffield (D80 was the second Royal Navy ship to bear the name Sheffield, after the city of Sheffield in Yorkshire. She was a Type 42 destroyer laid down by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering at Barrow-in-Furness on 15 January 1970, launched on 10 J and one the supply ship MV Atlantic ConveyorSea Harriers off the coast of Ascension Island. The Atlantic Conveyor was a British merchant navy ship that was requisitioned during the Falklands War and sunk by an Exocet missile. Owned by Cunard, the 14,950 tonne roll-on, roll-off container ship was bu (the Exocet that damaged HMS Glamorgan was a land-launched version).

Five Super Etendards were loaned to IraqThe Republic of Iraq is a Middle Eastern country in southwestern Asia encompassing the ancient region of Mesopotamia. It shares borders with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to the south, Turkey to the north, Syria to the north-west, Jordan to the west and Iran to in 1983Events January January 1 Beat Raaflaub became Basel Boys Choir's new conductor January 1 the ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. January 1 compulsory wearing of seat belts becomes law in the UK. January 2 The mu while the country waited on deliveries of the Dassault Mirage F1Dassault Mirage F1C Description Role: fighter and attack aircraft Crew: 1 or 2 (depending on version) Dimensions Length: 15. 33 m Wingspan: 8. 44 m Height: 4. 49 m Wing area: 25 sq. m Weights Empty: 7,400 kg Loaded: 11,130 to 16,200 kg (depending on missis that had been ordered. These aircraft used Exocets to great success against IranIran ( Persian: ) is a Middle Eastern country located in southwestern Asia that until 1935 was referred to in the West as Persia''. It borders Pakistan (909km of border) and Afghanistan (936km) to the east, Turkmenistan (1000km) to the northeast, the Caspian tankers in the Persian Gulf before being returned to France in 19851985 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January events January 1 Creation of the Internet's Domain Name System. January 17 British Telecom annouces they are going to abolish the famous red telephone boxes. January 23 A debate in the House of Lor.

From 1991, the original Etendard IVMs were withdrawn from French service, and the Super Etendards underwent continuous modernisation through the 1990s to enable them to use the latest generation of laser-guided precision weapons. These uprated aircraft, designated Super Etendard Modernisée (SEM) participated in NATO's " Allied Force" operations over Kosovo in 1999, flying over 400 combat missions.

All Super Etendards are expected to be retired from French service by 2010, to be replaced from 2006 onwards with a navalised version of the Dassault Rafale.