Air Force Events ·SA330 Puma

SA330 Puma Losses, Crashes & Deliveries

Every recorded loss, crash, shoot-down, retirement and delivery involving the SA330 Puma, each with a date and source. See the SA330 Puma overview.

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Events per year 2022–2026

2026 is a partial year: the bars run to 4 Nov 2026.

By event type 6 events logged · 2 airframes lost

Crash 2
Retired 4

These totals count what GlobalMilitary.net has logged from public reports since 2022, not a complete register: an event we have not recorded is not an event that did not happen. Coverage of the tracked wars is much denser than coverage of peacetime events, so the two do not compare directly.

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SA330 Puma losses, crashes & deliveries

Aircraft Country

JUL 312026 5× SA330 Retired 🇫🇷 France · Last five Pumas of Air Base 367 retired after a farewell flight over French Guiana; replaced by four H225M Caracal.
JUL 232026 7× SA330 Retired 🇫🇷 France · 3e RHC at Etain retires the last Puma flying with a conventional Army regiment; only the nine GIH aircraft remain.
MAR 312025 23× SA330 Puma HC2 Retired 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Puma HC2 formally retired after 54 years; 23 on strength with Benson, Akrotiri and Brunei units.
DEC 292023 2× SA330 Retired 🇮🇩 Indonesia · Last SA330 Pumas withdrawn at Atang Sendjaja, ending 45 years of service; replaced by H225M Caracals.
MAR 292022 SA330 Puma Crash 🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pakistan Army Puma serving with UN mission MONUSCO crashed near Rutshuru in eastern Congo; all eight aboard killed.
MAR 22022 SA330 Crash 🇷🇴 Romania · IAR 330 crashed during SAR mission.