French Air Force

Groupe Aerien Mixte 56

Composite Air Group 56

GAM00.056 · Vaucluse

Established 1967

History Videos

GAM 56 flew a mix of aircraft (C-160, C-130, Super Puma, etc) to support the DGSE (Service Action de la Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure)

News

EC225LP Tranferred to French Air Force

Jul 11, 2016 · Recently disestablished 2 EC225LP SAR helicopters of the French Navy were transferred to the Air Force in a process that also includes recepcion of the Army s EC725 and withdrawal of last AS332B/L

Locations

1967-

LFOE EVX

Models

1968-1973	Sikorsky S-58 H-34
1972-	Aerospatiale SA330 Puma
1992-	Eurocopter Super Puma / Cougar / Caracal
2016-	Eurocopter EC225LP

Airframes (7)

Reg	Model	C/N	Built
2342	as532ul	2342	1991
2369	as532ul	2369	1992
2375	as532ul	2375	1992
2741	ec225lp	2741
2752	ec225lp	2752	2010
2770	ec725r2	2770
2772	ec725r2	2772

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