French Navy to retire Alouette III and lease civilian helicopters

The French Navy is not waiting for the Airbus H160 to be inducted as the replacement for its Alouette III fleet and will go ahead and replace them using leased civilian helicopters.

USS San Jacinto conducts flight operations. (11855347473)
By Official U.S. Navy Page from United States of America MC3 Preston Paglinawan/U.S. Navy (USS San Jacinto conducts flight operations.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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