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SA 315B Lama
French single-engined helicopter.
Operated by Indian Air Force and Indian Army.
Overview
About the Lama
The Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama is a French single-engined helicopter. It combines the lighter Aérospatiale Alouette II airframe with Alouette III components and powerplant. The Lama possesses exceptional high altitude performance.
Service record
Operations
Named operations this catalogue records SA 315B Lama as having taken part in.
- May – July 1999CombatOperation Vijay (1999)Retaking ridgelines above 16,000 feet, in the highest-altitude war ever fought.
- 26 May – 26 July 1999CombatOperation Safed SagarThe air component of Kargil, flown where aircraft barely fly.
- 13 April 1984 — presentCombatOperation MeghdootThe seizure of the Siachen Glacier, and the longest-running deployment on Earth.
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