- in service
- French
- twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft
- Rafale B - two-seater version for French Air Force
- Rafale C - single-seat version for French Air Force
- Rafale M - carrier-borne version of Rafale C, entered service in 2001. Rafale M has a strengthened airframe, longer nose gear leg to provide a more nose-up attitude, larger tailhook between the engines, and a built-in boarding ladder.
- All 180 French Rafale B, C, and M models will be upgraded to variant F4.1 in 2022 and F4.2 in 2027.
Currently 36,000 French troops deployed in foreign territories - such operations are known as "
OPEX" for
Opérations Extérieures ("
External Operations").