MaroonMan
"I still haven't worked out why the Navy Boys were in Bosnia for so long"
A partial explanation may be that the SK4 has a comprehensive self defence suite (MAW, Chaff & Flare, RWR). DIRCM probably wasn't fitted at the time but there was an IRJ. Wasn't it about this time she got Kevlar flooring?
At the risk of repeating myself I think the Sea King, in all variants, is simply a magnificent aeroplane. And whatever happens to SABR, the 4s are among the youngest airframes and an OSD of 2018 looks conservative. Again, I may be wrong but was the last Cat 5 not during the Falklands? That's some record.