The Rapid Action Force (French: Force d'action rapide (FAR)) was an army corps of the French Army, created on 1 July 1984 during the reorganization of the later within the law n°83-606 of 8 July 1983 bearing approbation of the military programming for the years 1984 to 1988; the force would have been in means to deploy in Central-Europe and exterior theatres of operations in case of crisis undergone in intermediary conflicts. The force was dissolved in 1999.
During the 1980s, this army corps was the 3rd pillar of the French Army with the 1st Army and the operational defense of the territory (French: défense opérationnelle du territoire).
The President François Mitterrand and Chancellor Helmut Kohl passing review of the troops of the Force d'action rapide stationed in Baden-Württemberg, on 24 September 1987 during a Franco-German manoeuver.
Principal formations
A French Panhard ERC 90 armoured car of Division Daguet moves across the desert as part of a display of Allied armor during Operation Desert Shield.Logistics Convoy of the 511e Regiment du Train of Operation Daguet.
