On 25 November 2019 a Tiger from the unit collided with a Eurocopter AS532 Cougar transport helicopter, causing both aircraft to crash and killing all 13 on board.

[3] The unit was embarked upon the aircraft carrier Clemenceau on 13 August for travel to Saudi Arabia as part of Opération Salamandre [fr].

[5][6] Part of the role of the 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment during the war was to transport air-mobile infantry armed with anti-tank weapons.

[8] On 15 April 2020 two non-commissioned officers of the regiment were killed when a helicopter crashed during a rescue exercise near Bouilh-Devant in South-Western France.

[11] In September and October 2021 the unit took part in Cormoran 21, a joint French Army and Navy exercise in the Mediterranean Sea.

[13] The unit deployed helicopters to the Aspe Valley in October 2024 to retrieve farming equipment that had been stranded due to recent storms.