Bucharest, Mar 2 /Agerpres/ - All five crew members of a IAR 330 Puma helicopter sent on search and rescue mission for a disappeared MiG 21 LanceR aircraft have lost their lives. "We lost two aircraft ...

An IAR-330 (the Romanian built version of Aerospatiale SA 330) Puma helicopter took off from the same base and headed towards the area of the possible crash, looking for the missing pilot.

One contract is for Elbit’s Spectro XR electro-optical system, which will equip Romania’s IAR 330 Puma helicopters used for maritime operations. The contract work will take place over the ...

Emergency aid workers inspect the site where a military helicopter IAR-330 Puma built in Romania, crashed near Malancrav November 21, 2014. REUTERS/Ovidiu Dumitru Matiu/Inquam Photos BUCHAREST ...

Elbit will supply onboard mission equipment and payloads for Romania's IAR 330 Puma helicopter fleets, as well as new avionics to upgrade the country's IAR 99 trainer jets. Elbit Systems has been ...

Members of 39th BEB used the IAR 330 Puma Helicopter for this training. “Not only does this help increase readiness and our preparation for getting equipment to us or to our allies,” said Sgt.

Two fatal crashes — of a MiG-21 Lancer on 2 March and an IAR 330 Puma SOCAT sent on a search-and-rescue (SAR) mission for it amid bad weather — have prompted the Romanian Air Force (RoAF) to ground ...

During the subsequent SAR mission, an IAR-330 (Romanian-built version of Aerospatiale SA 330) Puma helicopter also crashed in the area of Gura Dobrogei about 11 km from Mihail Kogălniceanu.

The pilot of the IAR 330-Puma helicopter had reported unfavourable weather conditions and had been called back to base before the crash, the ministry said. The helicopter fell near the village of Gura ...

Air support readies, and an IAR 330 Puma Naval helicopter lifts off on a maritime reconnaissance mission. Among the participating units is the Mine Countermeasures Black Sea Task Group ...

The IAR 330 Puma helicopter crashed while out searching for the MiG-21 LanceR jet, which disappeared from the radar during an air patrol. As reported by Radio Free Europe, witnesses state they saw ...