Del'd: 12 - 2005 to present

AgustaWestland EH101
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portugal Força Aérea Portuguesa

Portuguese Air Force







Força Aérea Portuguesa EH101

Força Aérea Portuguesa EH101
Initial order of 12 Merlins for Search and Rescue (6 Mk514), Combat SAR (4 Mk516) and Fishery Protection (2 Mk515) roles, saw the first delivered in Feb 2005, followed by three more to commence conversion to type training.

In 2010 the Portuguese Air Force (PoAF) achieved the milestone of 10,000 flying hours with its AW101 fleet performing fishery protection and search and rescue duties having saved more than 630 lives since introduced in late 2004




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2006-    DAM Porto Santo (AM3)
2005-    Esq 751 Lajes (BA4)
Montijo (BA6)
Porto Santo (AM3)




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List of Aircraft


C/NModBuiltID     In this OrgIn other Org
50088 mk514 2003 19601 FAP Esq751
50094 mk514 19602 19602 FAP Esq751; 30may07 pictured at Lajes airbase
50104 mk514 19603 19603 FAP Esq751
50107 mk514 19604 FAP Esq751
50126 mk514 19605 FAP Esq751
50128 mk514 19606 FAP Esq751
50100 mk515 19607 FAP Esq751
50115 mk515 19608 FAP Esq751
50122 mk516 19609 19609 50122/SAR09/516001. FAP Esq751
50140 mk516 19610 50140/SAR10/516002. FAP Esq751
50152 mk516 19611 19611 FAP, 516003/SAR1; pictured (pic1) with Esq751 Pumas at Montijo
50158 mk516 2006 19612 FAP Esq751




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