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Equipment
MBT
600
RECON
2000
AFIV
350
APC
3,700
ARTY
100 (T), 275 (SP), 60 MLRS; 360 HM 120mm
Army Aviation (Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre):
2
Command Escadrille 5 Training Escadrille
1 GHL
4
Escadrille
3e Brigade Aeromobile
6 RHCM
(5 Escadrille)
7 RHC (5 Escadrille)
4e Brigade Aeromobile
1 RHC
(7 Escadrille)[1]
3 RHC
(6 Escadrille)
4 RHCM
(7 Escadrille, including 2 special Operations)
5 RHC (6 Escadrille)
Miscellaneous Units
Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre
[2] French Escadrille = Flight, varying
numbers of aircraft in each. The French use the term Escadrille
as a way of preserving the heritage of famous WW1 and 2
squadrons. Accordingly, Escadrons are now air force wings.
Détachement
ALAT d'Opérations Spéciales (DAOS)[3]
(May be with 4th Regiment)
Escadrille (Puma/Cougar)
Escadrille Gazelle Canon/ATAM
Escadrille d'
Hélicoptères de 'l Armée de Terre (EHADT) VIP (Compiègne; AS555) Escadrille
d'Haute Montagne Gap supporting
27th Mountain Brigae (Gazelles)
Test
and Evaluation Unit (Valence) (Cougar EW Horizon, NH-90, Tigre
attack) Escadrille
Avions de l' Armée de Terre (EAAT) (fixed wing aircraft;
TBM700's, Cessna
F406 Caravan II's. Fixed wing
detachment for ALAT logistics center (Pilatus PC6) Various other
detachments, home and overseas
[1] Readers will
notice the discrepancy regarding number of flights
between this and the 9 escadrilles given below by
scramble.nl. We do not attempt to explain the difference
in CWA.
[2] Please do not
consider either the unit list or helicopter
numbers/types assigned to each unit as definitive.
[3] Note the
different use of the word “detachment”. Normally this
signifies something less than a flight, but in this case
the detachment consists of two large flights, which are
equivalent to two small squadrons. In the case of the
PC-6s, the term detachment is as customarily used, with
two aircraft.
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