24-Nov-22 - The first of an undisclosed number (3?) of Sea King helicopters donated by the UK have arrived in Ukraine. The Royal Navy provided a 6-week training programme for 10 Ukrainian crews #SeaKing
22-Jun-20 - Sea King XV666 a former Royal Navy helicopter and currently with the helicopter training organisation HeliOperations visited Yeovil factory to celebrate its 50th anniversary #SeaKing
07-Oct-19 - Schiebel demonstrated the shipboard integration for search and rescue and surveillance missions of its Camcopter S-100 drone on board the Norwegian Coast Guard’ KV Svalbard and in cooperation with a Sea King helicopter #drones
12-Aug-19 - Sixteen former Royal Navy and Royal Air Force Sea King Helicopters were handled over to HeliOperations at Portland. They will use be to train pilots and crewmen of the Federal German Navy under a longstanding inter-governmental arrangement #SeaKing
06-May-19 - India and Australia highlighted their navies’ interoperability during AUSINDEX in the Bay of Bengal with their Sea King, Chetak (Alouette III), MRH90 and MH-60R Seahawk helicopters #AUSINDEX
25-Sep-18 - 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 #SeaKing
08-Jun-17 - Pakistan Navy acquired 7 former Royal Navy Sea Kings. Three are being refurbished by Vector Aerospace at its Fleetlands facility in Gosport, UK in order to return to service
16-May-17 - CAE announced at the International Training and Education Conference (ITEC) that completed a major upgrade on the German Navy’s Sea King MK41 helicopter simulator located at Nordholz Naval Airbase
12-Apr-16 - Royal Navy last three SAR Sea King flew from RNAS Culdrose base to HMS Sultan in Gosport. 771 Naval Air Squadron was formally decommissioned at the end of March and their tasks assigned to civilians
24-Mar-16 - Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm decommissioned 848 Naval Air Squadron and retired the Junglie Westland Sea King HC.4 with a ceremony at RNAS Yeovilton
21-May-15 - Royal Navy 771 Naval Air Squadron celebrates their 76th birthday with a Sea King formation around the west coast of Cornwall. Will hand over its SAR duties at the end of the year
