Despite the closure of Aérospatiale 's own production line, the event was not the end of the type's manufacturing activity. Over 500 Alouette IIIs are recorded as having been manufactured under licence abroad in several countries, such as Romania, India, and Switzerland.[8] Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) obtained a licence to construct the Alouette III, which was known locally as the HAL Chetak, at their own production facilities in India.[8] More than 300 units were built by HAL; the company has continued to independently update and indigenise the helicopter over the decades. A modernised variant of the Chetak has remained production, though at a diminished volume, into the 21st century.
Beginning in the 1970s, during Republic Day parades, Chetak helicopters have been decorated to look like animals such as dodo birds, fish, and, most notably, elephants. The helicopters decorated like elephants have become iconic in India, and known as names such as "dancing elephant helicopters" and "flying elephants"

CONTROLS
AG1-Activate rescue rope/Landing Lights
AG2-Activate rescue hook/Nav lights
AG3-Back Doors
AG4-Cockpit Doors
AG5-Null
AG6-Null
AG7-Activate wheels
AG-8Null

Trim Up-To down the Rope
VTOL-TO lift up
Caution-Press AG-2 when the rope is down