In 2024 the UK axed 31 helicopters as part of a sweeping range of defence cuts, with suggestions the airframes could be sent ...

It is a medium-lift chopper with a maximum takeoff weight of 7,400 kg and was designated Puma HC Mk 1. The HC2 variant featured modern avionics, making it a key asset in operations like UK ...

Meanwhile, the Royal Air Force (RAF) recently retired the last of its 17 remaining Puma HC2 multirole helicopters, after the fleet was unceremoniously axed as part of wholesale cuts to defence by ...

The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has performed a series of farewell flights with its last Puma HC2 transport helicopters, as the veteran type bows out after almost 54 years of service. Conducted on 26 ...

A pair of Cyprus-based Pumas at the type's farewell flypast out of RAF Akrotiri. With the helicopter also operated out of Brunei and the UK, its retirement comes after 54 years of operational service.

Three RAF helicopters are to stop in Norfolk this week during their final ever flight. The Puma HC2 aircraft are based at RAF Benson in South Oxfordshire and have been in service for 54 years.