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 Swedish Armed Forces Helicopter Wing has marked the first 100 flight hours flown by its NH90s.
The aircraft, which is known as the HKP 14 under Swedish nomenclature, was formally delivered to the Swedish Armed Forces in April and is currently undertaking operational evaluation activities.
The wing says it is taking the aircraft through an intensive period of activity taking the NH90s through various flight profiles with the aim of getting the aircraft ready for international deployment by April 2016.
The aircraft have been involved in their first exercises at Hagshult, south of Jonkoping in May. The exercise saw
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