| Alouette III was purchased ahead of the Bell 206 Jet Ranger as Government believed US would have imposed sanctions and made spares difficult to obtain. The first small batch of Alouette III arrived at AFB Waterkloof on 9 Feb 1962.  |
Units | |
| Years | Units | bold : Current base of the Unit |
| 1978/06 | 22 squadron | AFB Ysterplaat |
| 1969/06 | 17 squadron | AFB Swartkop |
| 1968/99 | 16 squadron | Bloemfontein AFB Durban AFB Ysterplaat |
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| C/N | Mod | Built | ID In this Org | In other Org | |||
| 1370 | se3160 | xfer SAAF?, fate unk |  9286: del FAP as 9286, unk; asgd Mozambique, unk; wfu & aband+  7454: recovered by Rhodesian AF as 7454, 07Jun79 | ||||
| 1859 | sa316b | 118: SAAF. wfu | |||||
| 1861 | sa316b | 120: | |||||
1395  | se3160 | 23: SAAF, w/o 21mar75 | |||||
| 1403 | se3160 | 24: SAAF, w/o 23jun80 | |||||
| 1410 | se3160 | 25: SAAF, w/o 15sep87 | |||||
| 1459 | se3160 | 25: SAAF, to Swaziland |  SDF-003: swaziland, ex SAAF 25 | ||||
| 1478 | se3160 | 29: SAAF 29 | |||||
| 1004 | se3160 | 1962 | 31: to SAAF. | ||||
| 1005 | se3160 | 1962 | 32: to SAAF. | ||||
| 1049 | se3160 | 51: SAAF 51 | |||||
| 1056 | se3160 | 58: w/o 06jan78 | |||||
| 1629 | sa316b | 611: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 1727 | sa316b | 612: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 1737 | sa316b | 613: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 1755 | sa316b | 614: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 1807 | sa316b | 615: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 1703 | sa316b | 616: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 1746 | sa316b | 1970 | 617: SAAF, to ZS-RNV | - N9363: Canc Mar75 - ZS-RNV: seen at Graand Central in service, painted Silver | |||
| 1625 | sa316b | 618: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 1866 | sa316b | 619: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 1636 | sa316b | 620: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 1681 | sa316b | 621: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 1711 | sa316b | 622: SALM/SAAF | - N6823: N6823 (ntu ?) | ||||
| 1680 | sa316b | 623: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 1868 | sa316b | 624: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 1782 | sa316b | 625: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 2263 | sa316b | 626: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 2264 | sa316b | 627: | |||||
| 2230 | sa316b | 628: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 2235 | sa316b | 629: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 2282 | sa316b | 630: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 2284 | sa316b | 631: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 2287 | sa316b | 632: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 2293 | sa316b | 633: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 2300 | sa316b | 634: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 2305 | sa316b | 635: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 2311 | sa316b | 636: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 2316 | sa316b | 637: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 2320 | sa316b | 638: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 2325 | sa316b | 639: SALM/SAAF | |||||
| 1137 | se3160 | 1964 | 640: xfer SAAF as 640, unk | 9264: Sud-Est SE3160, cn1137, ff:?; del FAP as 9264, unk; xfe+ 5736: recovered by Rhodesian AF as 7536, Jun79. | |||
| 1357 | se3160 | 641: SAAF. ex 9283 | 9283: del FAP as 9283, unk; xfer Mozambique, unk; wfu & aband+ 5742: recovered by RhAF as 5742, 07Jun79 | ||||
| 1250 | se3160 | 1964 | 642: xfer SAAF as 642, unk | 9271: Sud-Est SE3160 cn1250, ff:?; del FAP as 9271, unk; xfer+ 7358: recovered by Rhodesian AF as 7358, Jun79 | |||
| 1384 | se3160 | 643: xfer SAAF as 643, unk | 9287: Sud-Est SE3160, cn1384, ff:?; del FAP as 9287, unk; xfe+ 7455: recovered by Rhodesian AF as 7455, Jun79 | ||||
| 1385 | se3160 | 644: xfer SAAF as 644, unk | 9288: Sud-Est SE3160, cn1385, ff:?; del FAP as 9288, unk; xfe+ 7456: recovered by Rhodesian AF as 7456, Jun79 | ||||
| 1136 | se3160 | 645: xfer SAAF as 645, unk | 9263: del FAP as 9263, unk; xfer Mozambique, unk; wfu & aband+ 7535: recovered by RhAF as 7535, Jun79; | ||||
| 1368 | se3160 | 1966 | 646: SAAF; ex AFZ (7)543 | 9284: FAP; to Rhodesia as (7)543 (7)543: AFZ (formerly known as Rhodesia); ex FAP 9284; to SAAF+ | |||
| 1492 | se3160 | 1968 | 72: SAAF 72 | ||||
| 1503 | se3160 | 1968 | 75: to SAAF as 75 | ||||
