5 combat helicopters regiment - French Army Light Aviation

Helicopters

5 RHC
EHL.1 from 1977-jun1984, AlouetteII (1977-1978), Gazelle (1977-1984)
EHL.2 from 1977-jun1984, Gazelle (1977-1984)
EHLR.1 Mohicans from jul1985-jun1999, Gazelle (1985-1999)
EHM.1 Buffalo from 1999-active, Puma (1999-active)

The unit deployed 3 Puma to Mandelieu, to support possible extraction of delegates from the Nov 2011 G20 summit.

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Thirteen Killed in Mali in Helicopters Collision, 26-Nov-19 : #accident Thirteen French servicemen from Operation Barkhane died after a Tiger and a AS532 Cougar helicopters collided at Liptako Malian during a combat operation against jihadists. It is the French highest death toll in Mali since the beginning of the intervention of the Sahel in 2013 with Operation Serval

Locations

Years	Location	ICAO/FAA
2011	Cannes Mandelieu	LFMD
1977/	Pau Uzein	LFBP

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Years	Models
2003/	Tiger / Tigre
1999/	SA330 Puma
1977/	Gazelle

Operations

Dates		Operation
20-may-15	20-may-15	THPU 2015
01-aug-14		Operation Barkhane
14-jul-14	14-jul-14	Quatorze Juillet 2014
14-jul-13	14-jul-13	Quatorze Juillet 2013
02-nov-11	05-nov-11	6th G20 Summit
14-jul-11	14-jul-11	Quatorze Juillet 2011
14-jul-10	14-jul-10	Quatorze Juillet 2010
14-jul-09	14-jul-09	Quatorze Juillet 2009
08-sep-05	15-sep-05	Volcanex 2005

5 Regiment D'Helicopteres de Combat

Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre

1977 to present

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