Some Alizé carried out training and SAR missions on the Escuadrille 59E in Hyères and others served in tests missions on the Escadrille 10S in Raphael along with Nord-262 and Xingu aircrafts.
The first of the two prototypes flew on October 6, 1956, followed by 3 pre-production aircrafts. In the image the updated Alizé number 49.
Deliveries to the Aéronavale began in May 1959, and were completed in 1962. France had a total of 75 aircrafts in service, which were withdrawn in 2000.
The Alizé had a search radar housed in a retractable ventral radome under the rear of the fuselage. They crew was formed by 3 members, pilot, radar operator and sensor operator.
The Indian Navy operated up to 24 Alizé during 30 years of service. Several operated from the Vikrant aircraft carrier on the INAS-310 “Cobras” Squadron until 1987, and the last units operated ground based in Dabolin until 1992, when they were retired.
