Sea King Flypast Ends 49 Years of Service, 25-Sep-18 : #SeaKing Royal Navy retires their last Sea King, the Mk7 ASAC, with a 849 Squadron 3-hour flypast. Will be replaced by the Merlin Crowsnest next year
Royal Navy Announced Crowsnest Contract, 16-Jan-17 : #Crowsnest UK Minister for Defence announced £269M deal for new helicopter-borne
Airborne Early Warning (AEW) and control surveillance system for the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers. Crowsnest will be provided by Lockheed Martin and Thales
Thales Radar for the Royal Navy Merlin AEW Variant, 22-May-15 : Lockheed Martin UK, as the prime contractor for Crowsnest, have selected Thales as the chosen bidder to provide the radar and mission system for the Merlin Airborne Early Warning (AEW) variant
Royal Navy Sea Kings 5 years in Afghan skies, 04-Jun-14 : UK Forces have been deployed in Afghanistan since 2002 under Operation Herrick pushing back the Taliban and preventing them from using the country as a base for terrorism
ASaC.7 return from Libya, 27-Sep-11 : Navy fliers who paved the way for Apache helicopter strikes against Colonel Gaddafi’s forces are safely home.
The original ARI5930/3 Searchwater radar and its display systems of the AEW.2 and AEW.2A were showing their age and technical deficiencies led to ... The Sea King ASaC.7 is due to be retired from UK service (with 849 NAS) at the end of Sep 2018. This will leave the UK Armed Forces with another ...
ZA126 : has.5 RN, f/f 26aug80, d/d 02oct80 820Sq/012-N, Squadron visit to Yeovilton, 17 Jan 1985 has.6 1994 HAS.6 type 810Sqn./CU-09 24+25jul99 810Sqn./CU-504 Fairford air show 849Sq /91 by Jul 2009;
to Fleetlands /91 by Oct 2009 asac.7 02jul11 pictured (top) as 849NAS/91 at RAF Waddington. + still in active service on 849Sq at RNAS Culdrose pictured (bot) with 849NAS embarked HMS Ocean at Green+ final public display by the type in UK military servic+ 19sep18 RNAS Culdrose penultimate flight around Cornwal+
UK Forces have been deployed in Afghanistan since 2002 under Operation Herrick pushing back the Taliban and preventing them from using the country as a base for terrorism
ZA126 : has.5 RN, f/f 26aug80, d/d 02oct80 
has.6 1994 HAS.6 type 810Sqn./CU-09 
24+25jul99 810Sqn./CU-504 Fairford air show 
19sep18 RNAS Culdrose penultimate flight around Cornwal+