Additional NH90 helicopters for French Special Forces

In December 2023, the Direction générale de l'armement (DGA, Defence Procurement Agency) notified Airbus Helicopters for an order of eight NH90-TTH medium-sized, twin-engine, multirole military helicopters for use with the 4e Régiment d'Hélicoptères des Forces Spéciales (4RHFS, Special Forces Helicopter Regiment).

Earlier, in September 2020, ten NH90-TTH helicopters were ordered for the Special Forces.

This Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre (ALAT,  French Army Aviation) unit is based at Pau/Pyrénées and operates a fleet of SA330 Puma, AS532UL Cougar, EC725AP Caracal and Tigre helicopters. These are divided over five Escadrilles des Operations Speciales (Special Forces Flights).

Credit photo: Sjoerd Drost (Scramble Archive)