Aviation Legere de l'armée de Terre
Aviation Legere de l'armée de Terre |
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Lineup | November 22, 1954 |
Country | France |
Type | Corps ( French Army ) |
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The Aviation légère de l'armée de Terre (ALAT) is the air force of the French army . It primarily fulfills its orders using aircraft , especially military helicopters . The ALAT is one of the combat troops, its priority areas of activity are infantry support , anti-tank defense , aerial combat , air transport of personnel and material as well as reconnaissance. Her patron is St. Clotilde .
history
The light aviation of the land forces , the literal translation of the French name, was founded in 1954.
During the Cold War , along with other French troops, it was also stationed in southwest Germany, including at the beginning of a few years in Mainz-Finthen and until after the end of the Cold War in Friedrichshafen . Here was the Groupe d'aviation légère du 2ème corps d'armée , which was renamed the 2ème Régiment d'hélicoptères de combat in 1978 , with Puma , Gazelle and Alouette III .
organization
In addition to the flight school spread over two locations, the regiments form the operational arm of ALAT:
- 1er régiment d'hélicoptères de combat (1er RHC), Phalsbourg , Grand Est ( Lorraine )
- 3e régiment d'hélicoptères de combat (3e RHC), Étain , Grand Est (Lorraine)
- 5th régiment d'hélicoptères de combat (5th RHC), Pau , Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 4th régiment d'hélicoptères des forces spéciales (4th RHFS), Pau, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- L'école de l'aviation légère de l'armée de Terre (EALAT), Dax , Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Le Cannet-des-Maures , Provence and the mountain flight school on the border with Spain in Sainte-Léocadie , Occitania
A brigade structure was introduced on July 1, 2016. The three combat helicopter regiments were placed under the new 4ème Brigade d'Aérocombat (BAC) in Clermont-Ferrand . The 4th regiment is subordinate to the special operations command.
There are also a few other units, including the École franco-allemande de formation des équipages Tigre , a Franco-German cooperation for training Eurocopter Tiger crews, which is also based in Le Cannet. There are also:
- The test site Groupement Aéromobilité de la Section Technique de l'Armée de Terre (GAMSTAT), Valence , Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- The maintenance company 9e bataillon de soutien aéromobile (9e BSAM), Montauban , Occitania
The troop's museum is located at the Dax location.
equipment
As of the end of 2018
Aircraft | origin | photos | use | version | active | Ordered | Remarks |
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Planes | |||||||
PC-6 | Switzerland | Transport plane | 5 | ||||
TBM700 | France | Transport plane | 8th | ||||
helicopter | |||||||
Aérospatiale SA341 / 342 Gazelle | France | Anti-tank helicopter training helicopter |
169 16 |
Used as anti-tank helicopter through the Tiger replaced |
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Eurocopter Tiger | European Union | Attack helicopter | HAP HAD |
56 | 28 | ||
Aérospatiale SA330 Puma | France | Medium transport helicopter | 77 | Is the NH90 replaced | |||
Aérospatiale AS332 Cougar | France | Medium transport helicopter | 25th | ||||
Airbus Helicopters H225M Caracal | European Union | Multipurpose helicopter | 8th | Transport of special forces | |||
NHIndustries NH90 | European Union | Multipurpose helicopter | TTH Caïman | 30th | 44 | ||
Aérospatiale AS355 Fennec | France | Training helicopter | 17th |
Web links
- ALAT website in French
- Website of the training center for the crews of the Tiger attack helicopters
- History of ALAT in Friedrichshafen in French
Individual evidence
- ↑ French Army Aviation set to return to brigade structure, Janes, February 18, 2016 ( Memento of February 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ World Air Force 2019. Flight International , December 8, 2018, accessed July 17, 2019 .