03-Oct-06 - DEFENDORY 2006 - Greece presently operates more than 35 Eurocopter helicopters of the BO 105, AS 350/355 Ecureuil, Alouette and Super Puma types in police, rescue, SAR and commercial services. In 1998, the Greek Merchant Marine ordered 4 Super Puma AS 332 C1 helicopters for Search And Rescue (SAR) duties. This was followed in 2002 by another contract for 4 Super Puma AS 332 C1s for Combat SAR missions for the Hellenic Air Force, and in 2004 an additional 2 aircraft with Medevac configuration.
21-Dec-99 - The Hellenic air force took delivery of the first two, of four, AS332C1 Super Puma to be used for maritime surveillance and search and rescue (SAR) missions