Photo: that Sea King HC4 that got damaged by an RPG attack..

[Stratofreighter]

http://shephardmedia.com/static/images/ ... KingNW.jpg


...is now back in service. Incredibly, according to the link above it was the 3rd time it got damaged by enemy fire. By an Argentinian A-4 Skyhawk, in Bosnia...

http://www.shephardmedia.com/news/rotor ... d-service/

A British Sea King helicopter damaged by a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) in Afghanistan has been returned to operational service with the Royal Navy's Commando Helicopter Force.

Sea King ZA298 was repaired by Vector Aerospace at Fleetlands after the attack in 2009 and took 18 months to repair.

The aircraft had been landing at a checkpoint in the Nad-e Ali area of Helmand Province when the rocket punched into the fuselage just behind the cockpit, slightly injuring the door gunner.

[Andyco]

http://shephardmedia.com/static/images/ ... KingNW.jpg


...is now back in service. Incredibly, according to the link above it was the 3rd time it got damaged by enemy fire. By an Argentinian A-4 Skyhawk, in Bosnia... Falklands

http://www.shephardmedia.com/news/rotor ... d-service/

A British Sea King helicopter damaged by a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) in Afghanistan has been returned to operational service with the Royal Navy's Commando Helicopter Force.

Sea King ZA298 was repaired by Vector Aerospace at Fleetlands after the attack in 2009 and took 18 months to repair.

The aircraft had been landing at a checkpoint in the Nad-e Ali area of Helmand Province when the rocket punched into the fuselage just behind the cockpit, slightly injuring the door gunner.