THE ROYAL CANADIAN Air Force’s
423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron
conducted its nal operational
CH-124 Sea King mission on
January 26. During the sortie, three
Sea Kings conducted a ypast over
Halifax harbor and 12 Wing CFB
Shearwater, Nova Scotia. Under
current plans, the squadron will
conduct its rst Sikorsky CH-
Cyclone helicopter air detachment
(HELAIRDET) aboard a Canadian
Navy Halifax-class frigate this
summer. The Sea King will continue
in operation with 443 Maritime
Helicopter Squadron at Patricia
Bay, British Columbia, until the end
of 2018. Tom KaminskiUPGRADED ‘HELIX’
DELIVERIES CONTINUE
RUSSIA’S DEFENSE MINISTRY
has announced more deliveries
of modernized Ka-27M and
Ka-29 helicopters to the Russian
Navy. A statement on January22 said Ka-27Ms and Ka-29s had
been redelivered to two naval
air bases of the Paci c Fleet
stationed in the Primorsky Krai and
Kamchatka regions.The two Ka-29s and one Ka-27M
had undergone scheduled
intermediate overhaul and
upgrade at the Kumertau Aviation
Production Enterprise plant in
Bashkortostan before being
delivered by Il-76 transport to their
bases for reassembly. Deliveries
to the Paci c Fleet will continue
this year.Two more Ka-27Ms have also
been transferred to the Baltic
Fleet, according to a defense
ministry statement on January 14.
The pair also underwent upgrade
at Kumertau. Delivery of a rst
Ka-27M to an unnamed Baltic Fleet
base — probably Donskoye — was
announced three days earlier,
before it was joined by a second.Three CH-124s of 423
Maritime Helicopter
Squadron fl y near
their home base on
January 18, during the
squadron’s fi nal Sea
King fl ight. Canada DND423 SQUADRON’S
LAST CH-124 FLIGHT
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