Helicopters 1960 – 1980

The helicopter of the early days were mainly Alouette II and IIIs as far as the air force is concerned, and S-55/58 for the MLD (Dutch Navy). They are portraied in this section.

KLu: Sud Alouette III

On January 1 2016 the Dutch Air Force farewelled the last 4 surviving Alouettes, then based at…

KLu : Alouette III (Search and Rescue)

In 1966 the Royal Netherlands Air Force acquired five Alouette III helicopters from the French Sud Aviation-factory (nowadays :…