817 Squadron decommissioned

Updated November 13 2012 - 8:25am, first published December 18 2011 - 9:46pm
PROUD: Squadron members shared the hard stand with their machine throughout the decommissioning ceremony.
PROUD: Squadron members shared the hard stand with their machine throughout the decommissioning ceremony.

THE retirement of the Navy’s workhorse, the Sea King helicopter has been described by Gilmore MP, Joanna Gash, as ‘the passing of an era’ in the history of the Royal Australian Navy.

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