French Army Light Aviation

1 Regiment D'Helicopteres de Combat

1 combat helicopters regiment

1 RHC

Established 1977

History C/N Tracking

1 EHAP from 1993 flying with Gazelle (serveral types). Until sep2009 flew with code range CWA-CWJ.

4 EHM from 1 July 2001 flying with SA330B. Until sep2009 they flew with code range CZL-CZZ.

The unit deployed 4 Puma to Mandelieu, to support possible extraction of delegates from the Nov 2011 G20 summit.

News

Six Years for French NH90 in the Sahel

Apr 23, 2021 · Since November 2014 the NH90 TTH Caïman (Cayman) of the French Army Aviation (ALAT) 1st Combat Helicopter Regiment (RHC) are deployed in the African Sahel region
Two French Army NH90 Arrived at Mali

Nov 6, 2014 · Two French Army (ALAT) NH90 Caiman from the 1st Regiment of Combat Helicopters (1 RHC) arrived in Gao, Mali for Operation Barkhane on November 3rd, 2014

Locations

1977-	LFQP	Bourscheid
2011	LFMD CEQ	Mandelieu

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Operations

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