Westland Helicopters, which had a long-standing licence agreement with Sikorsky Aircraft to allow it to build Sikorsky's helicopters, extended the agreement to cover the Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King soon after the Sea King's first flight in 1959. HeliOperations continue to operate three Mk 5 Sea Kings, based at RNAS Portland, training German Navy pilots. Most operators have replaced, or are planning to replace, the Sea King with more modern helicopters, such as the NHIndustries NH90 and the AgustaWestland AW101. On 26 September 2018, the last remaining Sea King variant in Royal Navy service was retired.
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The Sea King was also adapted to meet the Royal Navy's requirement for a ship-based airborne early warning platform.
As well as wartime roles in the Falklands War, the Gulf War, the Bosnian War, the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War, the Sea King is perhaps most well known in its capacity as a Royal Navy Search and Rescue (red and grey livery) and RAF Search and Rescue Force (yellow livery) helicopter. In British service, the Westland Sea King provided a wide range of services in both the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. A Sea King variant known as the Commando was devised by Westland to serve as a troop transport. The Sea King was primarily designed for performing anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions. The aircraft differs considerably from the American version, with Rolls-Royce Gnome engines (derived from the US General Electric T58), British-made anti-submarine warfare systems and a fully computerised flight control system. The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters.
344 (Westland Sea King) / 13 (Westland Sea King AEW Mk.2/ASac MK.7 variant)
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