The "Land Rover of the Skies" has said farewell after 36 years of service.
The Sea King Mk 4, which is based in Somerset, flew over Hampshire yesterday morning as part of its final farewell flypast.
The fleet is due to retire in the next 10 days after almost four decades of service.
Yesterday morning the aircraft flew over Portsmouth, Gosport and Lymington, and the Ministry of Defence took a set of stunning pictures of the helicopters in flight.
Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service's dog unit recorded a fantastic video of the flypast, which they uploaded on to their Twitter account.
Seakings over HMS Excellent this morning.@NPASBournemouth @RMVCCPortsmouth @portsmouthnews pic.twitter.com/q3D2bhmBdd
— Hampshire Fire Dogs (@HantsFireDogs) March 21, 2016
Photos by Daily Echo reader 'Alsop'
The helicopters started their fly past near Yeovil and having taken in parts of Wiltshire and Hampshire, carried on west to Dorset, Cornwall, Devon and Bristol.
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