The Korea Forest Service is charged with maintaining South Koreas forest lands. The Forest Service began in 1948 as the Office of Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture. It was raised to its current status in 1967. It is overseen by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The current chief is Ha young-Je. The agency is headquartered at the Daejeon Government Complex.
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Erickson Delivers 8th S-64 to Korea Forest Service
06-Dec-22 - Erickson delivered a S-64E Air Crane helicopter to the Korea Forest Service (KFS), the eighth since starting operations with this model in 2001. #aircraneMore Erickson S-64 Air Crane Ordered
11-Jan-20 - Korea Forest Service (ninth for KFS) and the Italian firefighters (two for VdF) ordered the S-64F heavy lift helicopters #firefightingErickson Delivered K8 to Korean Forest Service
23-Dec-19 - Erickson delivered a second S-64, K8, to the Korean Forest Service completing the order for 2019 #firefightingErickson Delivered K7 to Korean Forest Service
26-Nov-19 - A remanufactured Erickson S-64E aircrane, the K7, was loaded onto the Antonov An-124 cargo plane at the manufacturing facility in Medford, Oregon for delivery to South Korea’ Forest Service #firefightingRussia Offers Upgrade Ka-32A11M to South Korea
16-Oct-19 - Russian helicopters featuring the Ka-32, Ka-226T, Mi-171A2 and Ansat at the International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition ADEX 2019 in Seoul Airport, South Korea, October 15-20. The Ka-32A11M upgrade with glass cockpit, more powerful VK-2500PS-02 engines and a new firefighting system is offered to South Korea #Ka32A11MKorea Forest Services Orders Two More S-64E
10-Jan-18 - South Korea Forest Service ordered 2 more S-64E in addition the one ordered last year. Fitted with glass cockpit, composite main rotor blades and NVG capability are starting to be delivered in Q3 2018South Korea Forest Service Bell 412 Contract
03-Jan-18 - Canada’s Optima Aero leasing PT6T-3B engines to UI Helicopters for Bell 412 contract with the South Korean Forest ServiceErickson to Build S-64E for Korea Forest Service
12-Mar-17 - Erickson has received an order to build its first S-64 Aircrane in eight years. South Korea Forest Service to receive the firefighting helicopter by December this yearFirst Civil Kamov Ka-32 NVG Modification
04-Feb-16 - Texas-based REBTECH announced approval by the Korean Office of Civil Aviation (KOCA) for a night vision (NVG) modification to Russian made KA-32 helicopter to perform night fire suppression operationsHSC to Repair 4 South Korea Forest Aviation Ka-32
22-Oct-15 - Helicopter Service Company (HSC) to repair 4 South Korea’s Department of Forest Aviation Ka-32T. This is HSC s first direct contract as in the past they were a LG international contractor.LG Discusses Overhall of South Korea Ka-32
19-Oct-15 - A delegation from Russian Helicopters visit South Korea as part of its contract for overhaul of Ka-32 helicopters operated by Korea’s Forest Service.Russian Support for South Korea KA-32 Engines
08-Oct-15 - South Korea’s Civil Aviation Authority and Heli Korea visited Russian Helicopters Aviation Repair Plant No. 150 and extended a certificate for maintenance of Ka-32 helicopter engines.Ka-32 service and maintenance centre in Korea
28-Jan-14 - Moscow - The Korea Forest Service has formally opened a new service and maintenance centre for Ka-32 helicopters manufactured by Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Oboronprom, part of State Corporation Rostec. Model Types |
Model | Del'd | From | To |
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RusHeli Ka-32A11BC | 2007 | ||
Sikorsky S-64 CH-54 | 2005 | ||
RusHeli Ansat | 2004 | 2006 | |
Kamov ka-32 | 1993 |