Watching Sky News earlier this evening there was a short "snippet" that I happened to hear along the lines of "UKicon sending Search and Rescue helicopters to Ukraine.". I was surprised to see a photo of a Sea King helicopter shown at the same time as the last one retired from Royal Navy service a few years ago. Looking online, sure enough, apparently, the UK is supplying 3 Sea Kings to Ukraine and one has already arrived. It is interesting to know that, apparently, there were still some available capable of being made airworthy, reasonably easily one would presume.

It will be interesting to see if these aircraft are used solely for "search and rescue" as was suggested by Sky News for their intended use in Ukraine, or if more "creative" uses can also be found for them.

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