Helicopters to join quick-reaction force
The military will cannibalize five Sea King helicopters and turn them from submarine hunters into troop carriers as part of a new quick-reaction force.
They will lose their anti-submarine gear and get seating to carry 12 soldiers.
The helicopters will be part of a fledgling, Halifax-based, standing contingency task force, a mix of planes, ships and soldiers designed to respond quickly to crises. Creation of the force was announced last year in the defence policy statement.
These Sea Kings are B models, equipped to drop sonobuoys, floating sensors designed to listen for submarines underwater. Most navy ships that carry Sea Kings use the A model, which includes active sonar gear that sends out the pings familiar from many war movies, to find subs.
The contingency task force needed helicopters to be able to ferry soldiers from ship to shore. With nothing else in the inventory to fill the bill, the military decided to convert the Sea Kings.
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