About 20 SA 330 Pumas remain in French Air and Space Force service as of 2016. Two Pumas of "Escadron d'Hélicoptères 1/67 'Pyrénées" (EH 1/60) were deployed to Chad and Niger from June 2014 as part of Operation Barkhane to disrupt Islamist insurgency in the Sahel region. Initially operation from N'Djamena in Chad, the detachment later moved forwards to Dirkou and Madama in Niger, supporting ground troops and interdicting supply routes for the insurgents. The detachment returned to France in September 2015, being relieved by French Army helicopters.