Privately owned naval sub-hunter given temporary home by French Air Force

Following the news that the Alizé Marine association and its last flying example of the Breguet Br 1050 Alizé serial 59/F-AZYI, had been forced out of its hangar accommodation at Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport, the historic anti-submarine warfare aircraft has found a temporary new home. On 19 May, it was ferried to Base Aérienne 701 at Salon de Provence, where the French Air Force has offered hangarage for a limited period. The Alizé appeared at the Patrouille de France aerobatic team’s 70th anniversary airshow the following weekend.

In a statement on Facebook, Alizé Marine added that, “for operational reasons”, it will probably have to move to Cuers-Pierrefeu airfield at “an undetermined date”, this being the location where numerous current French Navy aircraft types receive major maintenance. The association went on to say that it still hopes to negotiate “a permanent hangarage solution” back at Nîmes, where serial 59 — which has been flying as a civilian aeroplane since 2013 — was based during its active Aéronautique Navale career.