, BLOOMFIELD, CT: The Egyptian Air Force has completed 10 years of successful service with its fleet of Kaman Super Seasprite SH-2G(E) helicopters. Egypt was the first international military force to select the aircraft.
The Egyptian Air Force operates its Seasprites from land and aboard vessels of the Egyptian Navy performing a number of maritime missions, including anti-submarine warfare, anti-ship surveillance and targeting and search and rescue operations. They also use the aircraft extensively for vertical replenishment, personnel transfer and maritime coastal patrol and homeland security missions. The nine aircraft have accumulated more than 8,000 hours of flight time over their 10 years of service.
“The Egyptian Air Force continues to operate the aircraft with the highest degree of operational capability in very adverse environments,” said Bob Manaskie, senior manager, SH-2G Programs for Kaman Aerospace. “Individual missions can have the aircraft operating in a humid, marine environment as well as in the hot, windy and sandy conditions found in the Egyptian desert. They also operate closely with the Egyptian Navy conducting both local and international exercises, honing the operational skills required to operate in today’s challenging national defense environment.”
Other international customers for the SH-2G Super Seasprite include the Royal Australian Navy, the Royal New Zealand Navy and the Poland Navy. The SH-2G fleet has accumulated more than 1.3 million flight hours throughout its life span and continues to have the highest power-to-weight ratio of any maritime helicopter.
Kaman Aerospace Corp. is a subsidiary of Kaman Corp. of Bloomfield, Conn. The subsidiary markets and supports its SH-2G and K-MAX helicopters; is a subcontractor for complex metallic and composite structures and components for commercial, military and general aviation aircraft; and designs and manufactures fuzing devices for the U.S. and allied militaries.
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