SA316B Alouette III 1816


Historique - History

Type :

Date :

Registration :

Owner/Operator/History :

SE-316B

08-03-1971

F-ZWBF

mfd and first flight at Marignane.

SE-316B

11-03-1971

M-2/OT-ZPB

Force Navale-Zeemacht; delivered; opb Navy Flight (part of Belgian Air Force Heli Flight).

SE-316B

1976

M-2/OT-ZPB

Force Navale-Zeemacht; Navy Flight integrated in Belgian Air Force new 40th Heli Sqn.

SE-316B

1991

M-2/OT-ZPB

Force Navale-Zeemacht, 40 Sqn; operated from A961 "Zinnia" in the Persian Gulf.

SE-316B

1991

M-2/OT-ZPB

Force Navale-Zeemacht, 40 Sqn; damaged when main rotor hit an antenna while operating from the A961 "Zinnia" ship in the Persian Gulf.

SE-316B

1991

M-2/OT-ZPB

Force Navale-Zeemacht, 40 Sqn; ferried back to Belgium from Djibouti on board a Belgian Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules.

SE-316B

1991

M-2/OT-ZPB

Force Navale-Zeemacht, 40 Sqn; repaired at Koksijde.

SE-316B

25-05-1991

M-2/OT-ZPB

Force Navale-Zeemacht, 40 Sqn; seen at RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

SE-316B

07-1996

M-2/OT-ZPB

Marine, 40Sqn; air freighted to the DERH at Marignane on board a Belgian Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules; due for major G overhaul and new NATO standard harpoon installation.

SE-316B

20-01-1997

M-2/OT-ZPB

Marine, 40 Sqn; seen in service at Koksijde.

SA-316B

27-07-2001

M-2/OT-ZPB

Marine, 40 Sqn; seen at Koksijde with a special "30 years" sticker.

SA-316B

29-06-2020

M-2/OT-ZPB

COMOPSAIR, Marine Flight; performed last three-ship formation over Northern Belgium with Alouette IIIs M-1 (MSN 1812) and M-3 (MSN 1817).

SA-316B

08-07-2021

M-2/OT-ZPB

COMOPSAIR, Marine Flight; last flight at Koksijde with M-1 (MSN 1812) and wfu.

SA-316B

07-2021

M-2/OT-ZPB

COMOPSAIR, Marine Flight; tfd to War Heritage Institute and displayed at museum of Beauvechain.

Plus d'informations et de photos sur - More information and pictures on : Belgian Wings

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Photos - Pictures

M-2/OT-ZPB Eurocopter SE316B Alouette III MSN 1816, Belgian Navy - 1971.

M-2/OT-ZPB Eurocopter SE316B Alouette III MSN 1816, Belgian Navy - 1971.

M-2/OT-ZPB Eurocopter SE316B Alouette III MSN 1816, Belgian Navy - 1971.

M-2/OT-ZPB Eurocopter SE316B Alouette III MSN 1816, Belgian Navy, 40 Sqn.

M-2/OT-ZPB Eurocopter SA316B Alouette III MSN 1816, COMOPSAIR, Flight Marine - Gilze-Rijen - EHGR - 18-06-2010.

M-2/OT-ZPB Eurocopter SA316B Alouette III MSN 1816, COMOPSAIR, Flight Marine - Beauvechain - EBBE - 04-07-2010.

M-2/OT-ZPB Eurocopter SA316B Alouette III MSN 1816, COMOPSAIR, Flight Marine - Koksijde - EBFN - 16-05-2014.

M-2 Eurocopter SA316B Alouette III MSN 1816, COMOPSAIR (Belgian Air Force), Marine Flight - Norway - 27-10-2018.

Belgium Air Force Helicopter Alouette III takes off from mother ship BNS Godetia for a tactical flight over the fjords in support of the Amphibious Livex of Trident Juncture. Trident Juncture 18 is designed to ensure that NATO forces are trained, able to operate together and ready to respond to any threat from any direction. Trident Juncture 18 takes place in Norway and the surrounding areas of the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea, including Iceland and the airspace of Finland and Sweden.
With around 50,000 participants from 31 nations Trident Juncture 2018 is one of NATO’s largest exercises in recent years. More than 250 aircraft, 65 ships and 10,000 vehicles are involved in the exercise to perform and conduct air, land, maritime, special operation and amphibious drills.
NATO Photo By WO FRAN C.Valverde

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