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Monday, July 06, 2009

Two Sea Kings for Argentine Antarctic operations

UH-3H Sea kingThe Argentine Navy received at the end of June the second batch of two UH-3H Sea King helicopters out of a total of six which will replace losses experienced in Antarctic operations it was reported by Puerto Belgrano Marine’s Gazette.

The helicopters arrived in Argentina’s main naval base aboard the USS Oak Hill and are part of an agreement between the Argentine Defence ministry with the US Navy for the supply of decommissioned equipment and spares.

According to the report one of the new choppers will effectively be flown while the other is to be “cannibalized” for spares to help with the upkeep of the Argentine Navy’s wing of Sea King helicopters.

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