Aérospatiale Alouette III, Air Wing of the Armed Forces of Malta AS9212 during the Malta International Airshow 2015

Aérospatiale Alouette III SA316B, Air Wing of the Armed Forces of Malta AS9212 (cn 2315) during the Malta International Airshow 2015 (photo 2542-1).

The first version of the Alouette III, the SE 3160 prototype, first flew on 28 February 1959. The SA 316A (SE 3160) entered production in 1961 and remained in production until 1968, when it was replaced by the SA 316B. The last and 1437th Alouette III left the Marignane assembly lines in 1979, when the main production line in France was closed down. The last Alouette III from Aérospatiale was delivered in 1985.

Over 500 units were manufactured under licence in Romania, India and Switzerland. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) obtained a license to build Alouette IIIs as the HAL Chetak in India. Over 300 units were produced by HAL as it continued to independently update and indigence the helicopter over the years, and a variant is still in production though in diminishing volumes. Versions of the Alouette III were also either license-built or assembled by IAR in Romania (as the IAR 316), F+W Emmen in Switzerland, and by Fokker and Lichtwerk in the Netherlands.

The Maltese Air Wing acquired 5 AS315Bs of which 3 are still operational in 2016. They are due for replacement in 2017.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_Alouette_III en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Wing_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Malta

Taken in: Malta / Malta Xlokk / Mqabba (show map)

Taken on: September 26, 2015

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