LIVE – Follow the 14th of July parade on the Champs-Elysées

Some 4,290 soldiers, 220 vehicles, 250 horses, 64 planes and 30 helicopters … That's what the spectators who will be mbaded on the Champs-Elysées will be able to discover Saturday for the traditional military parade of the July 14th. This year, the event, placed under very high security, will have as guests of honor Japan and Singapore. The theme of the parade is "Brotherhood of Arms in Uniform: the Commitment of a Lifetime", and will focus on war-wounded and soldiers who have participated in relief operations in the French West Indies after the pbadage hurricanes Irma and Maria.

The troops parade. Back on earth, with the parade of troops on the ground. More than 4,000 soldiers descend the "most beautiful avenue in the world", from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde. Followers of the military schools, gendarmes, soldiers of the army, navy, members of the prison administration, customs officers, militares of the Foreign Legion. The parade ends with the still impressive descent of the armored vehicles.

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Still very impressive, the soldiers of the Foreign Legion, beard provided and ax to the shoulder, parade, but slower than other soldiers:

 [ # 14July ]  #LeSaviezVous ? The rate of the Foreign Legion  @COMLE_DRPLE  is 88 steps per minute, slower than that of other units. ♂️  pic.twitter.com/ii0sgKAS2K 
 - Ministry of the Armed Forces (@Defense_gouv)  July 14, 2018 

Place at the air show. No less than 64 aircraft fly over the capital, for still impressive images. Among them, the nine Alphajets of the Patrouille de France, with on board three wounded French armies, and who drop a plume white blue and red. A refueling aircraft A330 MRTT, newcomer in the fleet of the Air Force, is also in the party, like fifteen A330 MRTT, which must gradually replace the C135. Finally, 30 helicopters from the army and the gendarmerie split the sky of the capital.

The Republican Guard Show Whether on a motorcycle, on horseback or on foot, or even in motocross, the Republican guards demonstrated their skill right in front of the presidential platform installed Place de la Concorde. A show all in sync between men, animals and machines

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 - Elisa Bertholomey (@ebertholomey)  July 14, 2018 

Note nevertheless the slight collision between two bikers, who suddenly fell at a very low speed at the foot of the presidential platform. [19659021] tututututuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu pic.twitter.com/K0wKjxz3YX

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Macron went down the Champs-Elysees. The President of the Republic kicked off the 138th parade on July 14th by going to the Champs-Elysées. Emmanuel Macron left, under a good escort, the Elysee, heading to the Place de l'Etoile to review the troops stationed at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe and along the avenue. The head of state is mounted for this in a military Command-Car. He descended the Champs-Elysees, escorted by 22 motorcycles and 165 horses of the Republican Guard.

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Arrived at the Place de la Concorde, Emmanuel Macron received the military honors, to the sound of La Marseillaise .

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Between Macron and the army, a peaceful relationship. After the tensions of last year, when General Pierre de Villiers, Chief of Staff, had resigned after being drastically reframed by Emmanuel Macron, relations between the Head of State and his armies seems much more appeased . Rising budgets and laudatory speeches have calmed the grumbling of the military.

>> READ: Emmanuel Macron and the armies, a relationship in process of appeasement

Europe 1 participated preparations for the air show. The ceremony will begin with the parade. More than 60 planes will fly over Paris in less than 10 minutes. And even for the most experienced pilots, it's obviously a show that is being prepared meticulously. A month ago, they flew a reconnaissance flight over Paris. Europe 1 flew with them that day in one of the helicopters.

>> READ: Europe 1 participated in the reconnaissance flight of the air parade

In the behind the scenes To set the 4,300 soldiers involved in the event, General Bruno Le Ray is the conductor for the third year in a row. The soldier has been preparing for many weeks

>> READ: behind the scenes of the parade, with his conductor

The program

10 am: review and honors to the President. Emmanuel Macron is expected at 10 am near the Arc de Triomphe, where he will review the troops. Then the President of the Republic will go to the Place de la Concorde, where military honors will be given him.

10:35 am: air parade. Then we will have to look up to admire the pbadage, still spectacular of the 64 aircraft flying over Paris. In one of the Rafale put to contribution will take place the astronaut Thomas Pesquet, member of the reserve citizen of the Air Force.

10h45: parade of the troops. Back on earth then, with the pbadage of the military on the Champs-Elysées. Note the presence, despite the defeat of Belgium against France in the semifinals of the World Cup, Belgian soldiers of the battalion of hunters Ardennes alongside the French 152nd Infantry Regiment of Colmar, nicknamed … the Red Devils, just like the players of the Belgian national team. In addition, one of the first four female officers to have served on board a French nuclear submarine will parade alongside her crew.

End of the parade: La Marseillaise and The Hymn to Love Performed by the singer Julie Cherrier
After the astonishing recovery last year of the French electro band Daft Punk's hits by a military band, the musical program that will close the 2018 parade will be wiser. Accompanied by a military orchestra and choir, the singer Julie Cherrier will perform for the public The Hymn to Love and The Marseillaise .