26-Jun-22 - After more than 55 years of service and over 100,000 flight hours, the Spanish Navy retired the last Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King helicopters #SeaKing
22-Mar-22 - Columbia Helicopters and Brightwater United Aero Group (UAG) signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for supporting the GE CT58 engine and the Sikorsky S-61 aircraft #CT58
18-Feb-21 - Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) at MCAS Cherry Point, NC, completed work and shipped the last T58 engines for the Presidential helicopter VH-3D. From this year the new Marine One will be the VH-92A #MarineOne
29-Jan-20 - United Aero Group named distributor for the Sikorsky S-61 helicopters including the Sea King, S-61L and S-61T variants. Over 7,000 line items now in inventory #S61
29-Jan-20 - Maxcraft Avionics to retrofit Canadian Helicopters’ Bell 212 and S-61 helicopters with Astronautics Roadrunner Electronic Flight Instrument (EFI) #avionics
22-Jan-20 - Using a computed launch of liquid pellets from high altitude, the HyDrop system developed by Elbit Systems lifts the long standing restriction on nighttime aerial firefighting #firefighting
14-Aug-19 - Rotor Maxx Support Limited (RMS), a well known Sikorsky S-61/H-3 support centre part of VIH Group, acquired 15 of the recently retired Canadian Armed Forces’ CH-124 Sea King helicopters. VIH currently operates 8 civilian S-61 in its fleet #SeaKing
28-Mar-19 - A damaged Royal Canadian Air Force Twin Otter airplane was recovered by a S-61 from VIH Helicopters some 140 kilometres north of Inuvik in the Northwest Territories. #sling
08-Jan-19 - Night firebombing deployed for the first time in Australia when Coulson’ helicopters based at Ballarat and Mangalore were sent to the Rosedale fire in Gippsland and operated overnight within an area of 500 hectares #firefighting
05-Dec-18 - The Sikorsky CH-124 #405, one of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) longest-serving Sea King helicopters arrived at her new home in the National Air Force Museum of Canada (NAFMC) in Trenton, Ontario #SeaKing
29-Nov-18 - Sea King CH-124 #17 painted in original Royal Canadian Navy colors performed cross-country flight in recognition of their 55 years of service. The CH-124 Sea King has flown more than 550,000 flight hours with the Canadian Armed Forces since 1963 #SeaKing
26-Jul-18 - Last Sea Kings flying with 12 Wing ending more than 55 years of service with Canadian Armed Forces. #17 has been painted in original Royal Canadian Navy colours and undertaking a cross-country flight #history
18-Jul-18 - Sikorsky celebrated 35 years of partnership with the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA). HM Coastguard began using the S-61 in 1983. Nowadays flies 12 S-92 #anniversary
14-Jun-18 - New York Air National Guard remembered the 7 airmen killed on June 13, 1978 HH-3E “Jolly 85” accident. The “Jolly Green Giant” rescue helicopter crashed into Trembleau Mountain outside of Keeseville, NY
