08-Jul-23 - US Air Force 56th Rescue Squadron (56th RQS) Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters based out of Aviano, Italy participated in the 2-week combat search and rescue (CSAR) exercise Jolly Vihar 23-2 at Papa Air Base, Hungary #CSAR
06-May-23 - US State Department approved possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of six Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk maritime helicopters for Norway valued $1 billion. #Seahawks
15-Mar-23 - Norwegian Defense Minister announced plan to buy 6 Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawks to replace canceled NH90 maritime helicopters for the Coast Guard and Navy. Parliament must confirm the ~ us$1.2B order soon for deliveries to take place in 2025 #Seahawks
26-Jan-23 - CHC MRO provider Heli-One facility in Stavanger, Norway contracted by Leonardo to provide maintenance to Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) AW101 SAR Queen helicopters
14-Jul-22 - Royal Norwegian Air Force (Luftforsvaret) activated third search and rescue SAR Queen AW101 helicopter base at Banak following Sola and Ørland opened in 2020 and 2021 respectively. #SearchAndRescue
14-Jul-22 - Leonardo AW101 helicopter built in Yeovil, UK for the Royal Norwegian Air Force featured in the new global blockbuster Jurassic World Dominion movie #JurassicWorld
10-Jun-22 - After more than 20 years since the contract was signed and with 8 out of 14 helicopters delivered, Norway decided that the NH90 “will never be capable of meeting the requirements”. The Black Hawk / Seahawk is the most likely candidate to be chosen #NH90
03-Feb-22 - Airbus signed long-term agreement with Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and Kongsberg Aviation Maintenance Services to optimize the availability of the NH90 helicopters used by the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) #NH90
18-Jan-22 - Kongsberg awarded $29M extension contract for maintenance of the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) SAR Queen / AW101 Search and Rescue helicopters between 2022 and 2026. Support services started in 2016 #AW101
11-Nov-21 - Kongsberg Aviation Maintenance Services (KAMS) based in Kjeller, Norway will provide aircraft maintenance for the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF, Luftforsvaret) 18 Bell 412 helicopters #Bell412
23-Aug-21 - Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) to launch third AW101 SAR base at Banak. Crews are completing 3-week courses at Leonardo’s Norway Training Centre (NTC) in Stavanger which houses a CAE Series 3000 Full Flight Simulator and other advanced training devices #Norway
