Magazine Helicopter Industry #102

Despite the complexity of implementing such a system, the
mission testing and certification phases were completed
in a very short period of time. They were validated the day
before the first mission. However, from the very beginning
of the epidemic and the subsequent containment measures,
GAMSTAT had already envisioned a working hypothesis of
this type of mission, and visualizing the action plan with
the airborne elements available in the territory. Already
particularly solicited by external operations, the 1st RHC in
Phalsbourg remains, after a very busy weekend, on high alert
for new transfer missions. At the moment, there are none
planned, but they can be triggered at any time, based on the
needs of the hospitals. For the General Staff, «these missions,
and the air assets committed to them are used to meet the
needs of the health services, and are carried out on the orders of
the President of the Republic and the Ministry of Solidarity and
Health». The fact remains however, in the event of a crisis
escalation the helicopter system could without problem be
reinforced on other sites in the hexagon, from the Caymans
base at the CFIA – Centre de Formation Inter Armées – in
Le Cannet des Maures and those of the 5th Regiment of
Helicopter Combat (5e RHC) in Pau.
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