4th Special Forces Helicopter Regiment

4th Special Forces Helicopter Regiment
4e Régiment d'Hélicoptères des Forces Spéciales
Logo du 4e régiment d'hélicoptères des forces spéciales
Founded	1993 – present
Country	France
Type	Special operations
Size	454 authorized personnel
Part of	French Army Special Forces Command
Headquarters	Pau
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Hoff

The 4th Special Forces Helicopter Regiment (French: 4e Régiment d'Hélicoptères des Forces Spéciales or 4e RHFS) is a special operations unit of the French Army Light Aviation. It is part of the French Army Special Forces Command which is under the control of the special operations command. It is based in Pau.

The 4e RHFS provides air support to French special forces. It was created in 1997. Its mission is to transport and support French special forces anywhere in the world.

Organization[]

The regiment is divided into Special Forces Flights (Escadrilles des Operations Speciales):^[1]

• EOS 1 – Puma and Cougar
• EOS 2 – Gazelle
• EOS 3 – Caracals
• EOS 4/GIH – Pumas
• EOS 6 – Tigre
• EOS 7 – Support Flight
• EOS 8 – Helicopter Maintenance Flight

The regiment employs the following helicopters in 2016:

• 10 Eurcopter AS532 UL/AL Cougar
• 12 Aérospatiale Gazelle
• 7 Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma and Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma
• 6 Eurocopter Tigre HAD
• ? Eurocopter EC725 Caracal

See also[]

• Italian 3rd Special Operations Helicopter Regiment
• U.S. 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment - Night Stalkers
• Australian 171st Aviation Squadron
• British Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing
• Canadian 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron

References[]

External links[]

• official French Army page

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