The Eurocopter Panther are listed here. For earlier Aerospatiale Dauphins airframes please see listed separately.
On August 2011 the French Navy received their first AS.365N3+ which is equipped with new avionics. Two of them will be deployed in Tahiti, French Polynesia.
On August 2011 the French Navy received their first AS.365N3+ which is equipped with new avionics. Two of them will be deployed in Tahiti, French Polynesia.
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Loading Panther on A400M
06-Oct-20 - France developing procedures to airlift Panther helicopter by A400M cargo aircraft #A400MGVH Sea Tray for French Navy Interim Helicopters
21-Aug-20 - Heli-Union will supply 12 AS365 Dauphins to the French Navy as interim helicopters between the withdrawal of Alouette III and delivery of new H160M Guépard. Will be equipped with GVH Aerospace sea tray protection #DauphinFrench Navy Leased Interim Helicopters
06-Feb-20 - France launch development of the H160M Guépard as the future helicopter of the armed forces. The French Navy will lease 12 Dauphin from Heli-Union and obtain 4 new H160 from Babcock for SAR as an interim measure after the retirement of the Alouette III #InterimTaihiti Dauphin Most Distant Operation
30-Aug-18 - An AS365N3+ Dauphin from the French Navy 35F detachment flew 3,426 km / 1.849 nm in 14 hours to complete a medical evacuation from a remote atoll. It was the single most distant operation ever conducted by these Tahiti based helicopters #TahitiMore News ... | |
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Units |
Years | Units | Base |
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2021- | 34F | Lanvéoc-Poulmic |
2018/21 | 22S | Lanvéoc-Poulmic |
1995- | 36F | d'Hyeres Le Palyvestre Saint-Mandrier closed 2003 |
1993/95 | 35F | Rochefort (BA721) Lanvéoc-Poulmic |