27-Feb-18 - The fifth of seven AB212 upgraded by SENER/Babcock (ex INAER) was delivered to the Spanish Navy. Used the Astronautics Corporation of America’s multifunction display system (MFDS)
31-Jan-18 - Spanish INTA (National Institute of Aerospace Technology) granted technical certificate to the Navy AB212 upgrade joint venture program performed by SENER and Babcock (ex INAER)
04-Aug-17 - SENER and Babcock (ex INAER) delivered the fourth upgraded AB212 helicopter to the Spain Navy. The remaining two, plus the prototype used for testing, will be delivered by end next year
16-Nov-16 - Third, of seven, upgraded AB212 was delivered by SENER/INAER to the Spanish Navy. Program includes cockpit replacement by a full digital one compatible with night vision googles
14-Nov-16 - 1,200 Spanish marines, elements from the Spanish Army and Air Force along the Portuguese Navy taking part of amphibious exercise GRUFLEX 61 in Cadiz and the Balearic Islands
18-Jul-16 - Four Super Puma and AB212 from the Spanish Army evacuated 133 people and 5 dogs from Punta de Teno in the Canary Islands after a collapsing road isolated the town
29-Mar-16 - SENER, in association with INAER, delivered to the Spanish Navy the second of 7 AB212 upgraded under the life extension program which will lengthening their operational lives by at least 15 years
21-Jan-16 - Since 1979 italian helicopters from ITALAIR has performed more than 39,000 hours of flying in the skies of Lebanon and Israel with over 1700 medical evacuations of sick or injured people.
23-May-14 - HOHENFELS, Germany by Sgt Bethany McMeans - U.S. and Austrian Soldiers jumped out of Army UH-60 Black Hawks and Austrian helicopters to begin an air assault mission to attack and defend an operating base during Combined Resolve II.
18-Dec-13 - Spanish Navy AB212 helicopters purchased between 1974 and 1980 are being upgraded by INAER in order to extend their operating life beyond 2025
