S-61 Sea King helicopters arrived in Ukraine from the UK. This was stated by Alexey Reznikov and published the corresponding video.
It shows the landing of several soldiers from a helicopter already marked with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The sea king from Great Britain is in his new kingdom near Black Sea in Ukraine!
This is a strong impersonation for the Russian Navy. Our cooperation must continue.
Thank you to @BWallaceMPTogether, we will secure the seas and lands across all of Europe! pic.twitter.com/Qf4mF2vp8L
— Oleksii Reznikov (@oleksiireznikov) January 21, 2023
The fact that the UK will transfer three Sea King helicopters to Ukraine was reported in November 2022.
British Defense Secretary Ben Voles said that the Ukrainian crews were trained in the United Kingdom for six weeks. The Ukrainian side reported that it would use new helicopters for search and rescue missions.
Sikorsky S-61 / SH-3 (Sikorsky S-61 / SH-3 Sea King) is a transport helicopter built by Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation.
The helicopter was developed in accordance with a contract concluded by it on December 24, 1957 with the US Navy. The first flight of a prototype helicopter took place on March 11, 1959. Serial production began in 1961.
796 S-61 helicopters of all modifications were built, in addition, more than 600 helicopters were built under license. The Westland Sea King helicopters are a British licensed version of the American Sikorsky S-61 built by Westland Helicopters.
In December, the UK Department of Defense reported that the Royal Navy had trained 10 Sea King helicopter crews for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Source: Racurs
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