Russia & CIS
THE SOLE Ka-226.50 in Viys’kovo-Mors’ki Syly (VMS, Ukrainian Navy) service, ‘41 Yellow’ (c/n 03-02), participated in a simulated rescue mission at Mykolaiv-Kul’bakino, Ukraine, on July 9, during Exercise Sea Breeze 2019. The helicopter had only entered service last December and is operated by the 10 mors’ka aviatsiyna brihada (mabr, naval aviation brigade) at Mykolaiv (see Ukrainian Navy presents Ka-226, March, p28).