December 1st, 1960 the National Navy rented with the Customs a helicopter Alouette II (n°1233/137 F-YCWT). The naval air sation of Hyères received first C-28 A1 (n°3032 F-ZBBF) in February 1969. The success met on the Mediterranean coasts gave logically, with the Directorate-General, the adoption of the same device on the Atlantique coast for the same imposing presence. From now on, the customs aviation equipped with modern aircraft was integrated entirely in the customs device of maritime and terrestrial surveys, today the air service is : - 90 Pilots - 70 Flight crew engineers - 50 Ground staff engineers for 31 aircrafts . |