Bastille Day celebrations in France: Jets, fireworks, and more

France is celebrating its biggest holiday Monday with 7,000 people marching, on horseback or riding armored vehicles along the cobblestones of the Champs-Elysees, the most iconic avenue in Paris. And there are plans for partying and pageantry around the country.

An Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, an Ejercito del Aire (Spanish Air Force) Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, a Royal Air Force (British Air Force) Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, a Luftwaffe (German Air Force) Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, a Swiss Air Force F18 fighter jet, French Air and Space Army Mirage 2000-5F aircraft, a Belgian Air Force F16 fighter jet, two Armee de l'Air et de l'Espace (French Air and Space Army) Rafale C fighter jets and an Armee de l'Air et de l'Espace (French Air and Space Army) Rafale B fighter jet perform a flyover past the Sacre-Coeur Basilica during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris on July 14, 2025.

Jets from the acrobatic Patrouille de France fly over the Champs-Elysees avenue during the Bastille Day parade, Monday, July 14, 2025 in Paris.

French Ecole Polytechnique members parade during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris on July 14, 2025.

France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) presents a new sword to the Flame of the Unknown Soldier Committee flanked by French Military Governor of Paris (GMP) Loic Mizon before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe as part of the 100th anniversary of the Organisation du Bleuet de France (ONACVG) also known as the Flame of the Unknown Soldier Committee during the annual traditionnal Bastille Day parade on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris on July 14, 2025.

France's Air Force Elite aerobatic flying team "Patrouille de France" (PAF) releases trails of France's national colours as they perform a flyover during the annual Bastille Day military parade above the Louvre Pyramid designed by Chinese-US architect Ieoh Ming Pei, in Paris.

Members of the French Brigade de Recherche et d'Intervention (BRI - Research and Intervention Brigade) police unit (L) and French police officers look on as they wait before the start of the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris.

A soldier of French army's 1st Tirailleur Regiment and the unit's mascot, a ram named Messaoud, wait for the start of the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris on July 14, 2025.

France's Delegate Minister for Urban Affairs Juliette Meadel, France's Delegate Minister for Autonomy and Persons with Disabilities Charlotte Parmentier-Lecocq, France's Secretary of State for AI and Digital Technology Clara Chappaz, France's Minister of Minister of Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher, France's Minister in charge of Housing Valerie Letard, France's Minister in charge of Labor and Employment Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, French politician Aurore Berger, President of the French National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet, France's Minister in charge of Public Accounts Amelie de Montchalin, France's Delegate Minister and government's spokesperson Sophie Primas and France's Delegate Minister for Trade, Crafts, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Social Economy Véronique Louwagie pose during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris on July 14, 2025.