page_title: Aérospatiale Gazelle
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Aérospatiale Gazelle / Operators
caption_attribution_description: English: c/n 1862. Callsign F-MGAL. Operated by 3 Régiment d'Hélicoptères de Combat (RHC), French Army, based at Etain/Rouvres. Seen during the 2016 NATO Tiger Meet (NTM) held at Zaragoza Air Base, Spain. 20th May 2016
context_page_description: The Aérospatiale Gazelle is a French five-seat helicopter, commonly used for light transport, scouting and light attack duties. It is powered by a single Turbomeca Astazou turbine engine and was the first helicopter to feature a fenestron tail instead of a conventional tail rotor. It was designed by Sud Aviation, later Aérospatiale, and manufactured in France and the United Kingdom through a joint production agreement with Westland Aircraft. Further manufacturing under license was performed by SOKO in Yugoslavia and the Arab British Helicopter Company in Egypt.
  Since being introduced to service in 1973, the Gazelle has been procured and operated by a number of export customers. It has also participated in numerous conflicts around the world, including by Syria during the 1982 Lebanon War, by Rwanda during the Rwandan Civil War in the 1990s, and by numerous participants on both sides of the 1991 Gulf War. In French service, the Gazelle has been supplemented as an attack helicopter by the larger Eurocopter Tiger, but remains in use primarily as a scout helicopter.
context_section_description:  Angola
  Angolan Air Force
   Bosnia and Herzegovina:
  Bosnian and Herzegovinian Air Force
   Burundi
  Burundi Army
   Cyprus
  Cyprus Air Forces
   Ecuador
  Ecuadorian Army
   Egypt
  Egyptian Air Force
   France
  French Army
   Gabon
  Gabon Air Force
   Iraq
  Iraqi Air Force
   Kuwait
  Kuwait Air Force
   Lebanon
  Lebanese Air Force
   Montenegro
  Montenegrin Air Force
   Morocco
  Royal Moroccan Air Force
   Qatar
  Qatar Emiri Air Force
   Rwanda
  Rwandan Air Force
   Serbia:
  Serbian Air Force
  Serbian Police
   Syria:
  Syrian Air Force
   Tunisia:
  Tunisian Air Force
   United Kingdom
  Army Air Corps
caption: A French Army Gazelle seen during the NATO Tiger Meet 2016 in Spain
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