Irish Coast Guard and CHC Perform More than 1,000 SAR Missions in 2015 with Sikorsky S-92® Helicopter Fleet

SINGAPORE, Feb. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore Airshow -- The Irish Coast Guard in partnership with CHC Helicopter completed more than 1,000 search and rescue (SAR) missions in 2015 with a fleet of five Sikorsky S-92^® helicopters. The milestone, an increase of 12 percent on the previous year, tops the 2014 record of 914 missions, and is the first time since 1991 that the Irish Coast Guard achieved 1,000 missions in a single year. Sikorsky is a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT).

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