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CHC Helicopter

A member of Air Force's No. 2 Squadron is winched from a life raft on Nelson Bay to a search and rescue helicopter during a survival training exercise. Story by Flight Lieutenant Claire Burnet. Photo by Lieutenant Samuel Hicks.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Survival training gets real

09/08/202209/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 835 Views 0 Comments CHC Helicopter, E-7A Wedgetail, No. 2 Squadron

A dramatic marine search and rescue effort at Nelson Bay looked nail-bitingly real, but was in fact a training exercise

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A CHC Helicopter SAR helicopter performs a training flight through a gorge in the Katherine region. CHC Helicopters (Australia) provides a search-and-rescue response to all ejection-seat fitted aircraft serving in the RAAF – and now also for major Army exercises. The helicopters are based at RAAF Bases Tindal, Pearce, East Sale, Williamtown and Amberley. Photo by Corporal Terry Hartin.
Australian Australian Army News 

Army contracts civilian AME helicopters

28/09/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6264 Views 1 Comment CHC Helicopter, search and rescue

CHC Helicopter has announced (but the ADF has not) that it has signed a 21-month contract with the Australian Army to

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