Between the early 1970s and the 1990s , RAF Pumas were based at RAF Odiham ( 33 Squadron and 240 OCU ) , RAF Gutersloh ( 230 Squadron ) and No. 1563 Flight RAF at RAF Belize . During The Troubles it was also common for a detachment to be based at RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland . In 1994 , 230 Squadron relocated to RAF Aldergrove to provide a permanent presence to augment the Westland Wessex of 72 Squadron . In 2009 , 230 Squadron relocated to RAF Benson together with 33 Squadron from RAF Odiham . Royal Air Force Pumas have also seen active service in Venezuela , Iraq , Yugoslavia , and Zaire . Britain has frequently dispatched Pumas on disaster relief and humanitarian missions , such as during the 2000 Mozambique flood and the 1988 Jamaican flash flood ; and to conduct peacekeeping operations in regions such as Zimbabwe and the Persian Gulf
2000 Mozambique flood
2000 Mozambique flood
Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma