26-Jan-23 - CHC MRO provider Heli-One facility in Stavanger, Norway contracted by Leonardo to provide maintenance to Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) AW101 SAR Queen helicopters
14-Jul-22 - Royal Norwegian Air Force (Luftforsvaret) activated third search and rescue SAR Queen AW101 helicopter base at Banak following Sola and Ørland opened in 2020 and 2021 respectively. #SearchAndRescue
14-Jul-22 - Leonardo AW101 helicopter built in Yeovil, UK for the Royal Norwegian Air Force featured in the new global blockbuster Jurassic World Dominion movie #JurassicWorld
18-Jan-22 - Kongsberg awarded $29M extension contract for maintenance of the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) SAR Queen / AW101 Search and Rescue helicopters between 2022 and 2026. Support services started in 2016 #AW101
23-Aug-21 - Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) to launch third AW101 SAR base at Banak. Crews are completing 3-week courses at Leonardo’s Norway Training Centre (NTC) in Stavanger which houses a CAE Series 3000 Full Flight Simulator and other advanced training devices #Norway
17-May-21 - The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF, Luftforsvaret) new search and rescue (SAR) helicopter, the Leonardo AW101-612, which entered service last year at Sola Airport is now also operating from Ørland. Last base, Bannak, planned for end of the year #Norway
17-Mar-21 - Leonardo Yeovil delivered the 10th of 16 AW101 “SAR Queen” helicopter to the 330 Squadron of the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) . Sola (next September), Ørland and Banak airbases are expected to become operational this year #SARQueen
16-Nov-20 - Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) first 6 of 16 AW101 search and rescue (SAR) helicopters are operational at Stavanger since September. Known as SAR Queen flight, they logged 80 flight hours in their first month of service. Orland and Banak bases scheduled for 2021 #AW101
29-Sep-20 - Leonardo select GVH Aerospace to design the sea trays for the Norwegian rescue helicopters AW101. The devices can be installed and removed in flight and packed away for storage onboard during air ambulance missions #seatray
