All US Kestrels were sold to the Canadians (9), where some will be reconfigured for SAR use and others as parts bins to keep the highest recorded flying hour 101 fleet in the air. The entire Canadian fleet is also being upgraded to the same standard as Norway's new SAR fleet. The RCN went with navalized H92s for their ship borne sub hunters which was a poor decision in the end as they are just coming online now 20 years later with one lost already due to bad flight software coding
All US Kestrels were sold to the Canadians (9), where some will be reconfigured for SAR use and others as parts bins to keep the highest recorded flying hour 101 fleet in the air. The entire Canadian fleet is also being upgraded to the same standard as Norway's new SAR fleet. The RCN went with navalized H92s for their ship borne sub hunters which was a poor decision in the end as they are just coming online now 20 years later with one lost already due to bad flight software coding