15-Dec-25 - CHC MRO provider Heli-One has renewed its support contract through 2030 at its Stavanger, Norway facility for the Royal Norwegian Air Force’s fleet of 16 Leonardo AW101 SAR Queen search-and-rescue helicopters. #AW101
04-Nov-24 - Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) Leonardo AW101 SAR Queen search and rescue helicopter completed successful mision in the Vestlandsfjellet mountains thanks to Smith Myers Artemis advanced mobile phone tracking technology #locator
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
