Aérospatiale Gazelle

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 (ABHCO) 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.

Users

 * Angola
 * Angolan Air Force
 * Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Bosnia-Herzegovina Air Force
 * Burundi
 * Burundi Army
 * Cameroon
 * Cameroon Air Force
 * People's Republic of China
 * People's Liberation Army
 * Cyprus
 * Cyprus Air Forces
 * Ecuador
 * Ecuadorian Air Force
 * Egypt
 * Egyptian Air Force
 * France
 * French Air Force
 * Gabon
 * Gabonese Air Force
 * Guinea-Conakry
 * Guinea-Conakry Air Force
 * Iraq
 * Iraqi Air Force
 * Ireland
 * Irish Air Corps
 * Jordan
 * Royal Jordanian Air Force
 * Kuwait
 * Kuwait Air Force
 * Lebanon
 * Lebanese Air Force
 * Libya
 * Libyan 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
 * Serbia and Montenegro
 * Serbia and Montenegrian Air Force
 * Slovenia
 * Slovenian Air Force and Air Defence
 * Republika Srpska
 * Republika Srpska Air Force
 * Syria
 * Syrian Arab Air Force
 * United Kingdom
 * British Army Air Corps
 * Royal Air Force
 * Royal Navy
 * Yugoslavia
 * Yugoslav Air Force