Del'd: 360 - 1973 to present

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French Army Light Aviation







Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre Gazelle

The ALAT received 170 SA.341F from 1973 to 1977 to replace the Alouette 2. 110 of them were originally envisioned to be upgraded as SA.341M with provision for antitank HOT missiles but after entering service in 1978 they proved to be unpowered for their new role so only 40 were modified. Other 62 SA.341F were fitted with a GIAT 20 mm cannon. In February 1980, deliveries of the more powerful SA.342M began.
Up until mid Sep 2009, it was relatively common for ALAT Gazelles to change their codes when they were reallocated to a different unit. After that date they adopted fixed 3 letter codes, beginning G.. This made the full safety of flight callsign F-MG..



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Barkhane: Force’ 3D Capabilities in Action

Barkhane: Force’ 3D Capabilities in Action

28-Jun-19 - French forces deployed in Mali for operation Barkhane, took part of operation ACONIT at the Malian-Nigerian border against armed terrorist groups (GAT) #Force3D
French Army New SIT-ALAT System

French Army New SIT-ALAT System

05-Sep-16 - Captain Franck, Officer in the 3rd Combat Helicopters Regiment explains the French Army new information system SIT-ALAT which is operational since 2015



  Units


YearsUnitsBase
2009-    4 RHFS Pau Uzein Pont Long
1998/09DAOSPau Uzein Pont Long
1981/94LÁrmee Francaise de BerlinDE Berlin-Tegel closed 2020
1978/922 RHCDE Friedrichshafen Lowental
DE Freiburg Breisgau
1977-    1 RHCCannes Mandelieu
Phalsbourg / Camp de la Horie
1977-    3 RHCLe Luc
Etain Rouvres
1977-    5 RHC Cannes Mandelieu
Pau Uzein Pont Long
1976/977 RHCEtain Rouvres
Nancy Essey
1975/77GALDIV 4Etain Rouvres
1974/78GALCA 2DE Friedrichshafen Lowental
1973-    EAALAT Le Luc






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