Hellenic Navy helicopters

S-70B-6 Hawk of the Hellenic Navy

S-70B-6 Aegean Hawk of the Hellenic Navy.
Athens, Greece – April 2009.

The Aegean Hawk helicopter is the Greek military variant of the Seahawk.
The S-70B-6 is a blend of the SH-60B Seahawk and the SH-60F Oceanhawk.
The Sikorsky SH-60 / MH-60 Seahawk is a twin turboshaft engine, multi-mission Navy helicopter based on the airframe of the Army UH-60 Black Hawk.
The Seahawk helicopter is able to deploy aboard any air-capable frigate, destroyer, cruiser, fast combat support ship, amphibious assault ship or aircraft carrier.
It can handle anti-submarine warfare, undersea warfare, anti-surface warfare, naval special warfare, combat search and rescue (SAR), vertical replenishment and medical evacuation.

Agusta-Bell AB 212 helicopter of the Hellenic Navy

Agusta-Bell AB 212 helicopter of the Hellenic Navy.
Athens, Greece – April 2009.

The AB 212 helicopter is a military utility transport version of the Bell UH-1N Twin Huey, built under license in Italy by Agusta.  The AB 212ASW is the anti-submarine warfare, anti-shipping version.

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