Escadron de Transport 3/61 Poitou is a French Air and Space Force squadron located at Orléans – Bricy Air Base, Loiret, France which operates the Lockheed C-130H Hercules, Airbus Military A400M and the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter.
Denominations
Groupe de Transport (GT) IV/15 Poitou (1945 - 1947) Groupe de Transport III/61 Poitou (1947 - 1953) Escadron de Transport (ET) 3/61 Poitou (1953 - )
Escadrilles From May 10, 1945 to June 23, 2006 :
1st Escadrille : Escadrille IV/15(1) 2nd Escadrille : Escadrille IV/15(2)
Since June 23, 2006 :
1st Escadrille : Escadrille F 118 (used the Transall, now the A400M Atlas) 2nd Escadrille : Escadrille F 119 (use the C-130H) 3rd Escadrille (since January 13, 2014) : Escadrille F 121 (use the Twin Otter)
Aircraft used
Beechcraft UC-45 (1945 - 1946) Amiot AAC.1 Toucan (1946 - 1954) Douglas C-47 Dakota (1953 - 1955) Nord N.2501 Noratlas (1953 - 1967) Transport Allianz C.160 Transall (1967 - 2022) Lockheed C-130H Hercules (2006 - ) De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (2012 - ) Airbus Military A400M Atlas (2021 - )
See also
List of French Air and Space Force aircraft squadrons
References