Germany to send WS-61 Westland Sea King helicopters to Ukraine
Germany has committed to sending Ukraine six of its 21 retiring WS-61 Westland Sea King multirole, amphibious helicopters.
The Dutch MoD is currently in talks with the UN to resolve rotary operational issues in Kidal, Mali including reliability issues with the peacekeeping organisation's medevac helicopters.
According to a letter signed in November 2017 by Atul Khare, under-secretary-general for field support at the UN and Jean-Pierre Lacroix, under-secretary-general for peacekeeping missions, Kidal medevac operations are conducted by the Soviet era Mil Mi-8 medium twin aircraft, which could suggest the older airframes are suffering from availability issues, as is the implication from the Dutch MoD.
Up to 28 July, a group of 20 Dutch troops had been deployed to the
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