Operated by the Porteguese Air Force, this Alouette 2 belonged to the Brigada de Trânsito (BT) which was a Portuguese special traffic force, from the Republic National Guard (GNR), which controls the traffic out of the urban areas, they can in some cases act in cities, if they catch violators in those areas. They are mainly responsible for highways and national roads traffic patrolling. Serial 9208 is former Luftwaffe 76+96, became 9208, and was sold as F-GNEA in October 1993. It was later reported at 9A-HAT (seen July 2004). Later preserved at Zadar-Zemunik, Croatia on the roof of civil terminal (seen August 2006)
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