"Sea Kings for Ukraine" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 23 Jan 2024 2:43 p.m. PST |
Following the 18th Ramstein-format meeting, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has announced that Germany will hand over decommissioned Sea King Mk41 multipurpose military helicopters to Ukraine… Ukrainian Pravda: link |
| Garand | 23 Jan 2024 10:51 p.m. PST |
I saw a story today as well that Ecuador is handing over some Russian made equipment to Ukraine finally. There is a Ukranian Antonov transport in Guayaquil. Damon. |
| Editor in Chief Bill | 24 Jan 2024 1:18 p.m. PST |
I should note that Ukraine previously received Sea Kings from the U.K. |
| Bunkermeister | 24 Jan 2024 11:19 p.m. PST |
What will they use the Sea Kings for? Seems an odd choice to me. Bunkermeister |
 David Manley  | 26 Jan 2024 4:59 a.m. PST |
Quoting the German defence minister….. "The Sea King is a proven and robust helicopter that will help the Ukrainians in many areas, from reconnaissance over the Black Sea to transporting soldiers." |
 Legion 4 | 26 Jan 2024 11:39 a.m. PST |
Well, I don't know when those Sea Kings came off the assembly line. But most are long in the tooth. However, it seems many are still flying in the US Military. As long as they are well maintained and upgraded as needed, they could be flying for many more years. |
| Gunny B | 27 Jan 2024 4:53 p.m. PST |
When we sacked ours (2016) there were quite a few older than me, that would be 45yo+. Still, they were doing ok as long as they weren't in Afghan. The heat out there was just killing the performance, new blades and engines was offset by all the new mods on the cabs which of course means more weight. So at least that's not an issue in Ukraine! (Meaning the heat, I hope the German ones have got roughly the same mods as ours). |
| Legion 4 | 27 Jan 2024 9:21 p.m. PST |
As with our CH-47s in the 101 after Vietnam many of those old birds were upgraded. A number of times IIRC. And I got to the 101 in early 1980. They were still flying as were the old UH-1s. Until most of the UH-1s were replaced by UH-60s in about '81. But the CH-47s were still flying missions. And continue to … |
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