{"id":3528,"date":"2020-10-10T22:59:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T19:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=3528"},"modified":"2025-03-22T23:13:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T20:13:41","slug":"ex-ltalian-coast-guard-agusta-bell-412cp-grifone-lands-in-uruguay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=3528","title":{"rendered":"Ex-ltalian Coast Guard Agusta-Bell 412CP Grifone lands in Uruguay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Uruguay&#8217;s Ministry of National Defence announced on August 14 that the first of two Agusta-Bell 412CP Grifone helicopters acquired for the Uruguayan Navy had arrived in Montevideo.<\/strong><br><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"463\" class=\"wp-image-3529\" style=\"width: 1024px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2020-10-Ex-ltalian-Coast-Guard-Agusta-Bell-412CP-Grifone-lands-in-Uruguay.jpg\" alt=\"Ex-ltalian Coast Guard AB412 lands in Uruguay \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2020-10-Ex-ltalian-Coast-Guard-Agusta-Bell-412CP-Grifone-lands-in-Uruguay.jpg 617w, https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2020-10-Ex-ltalian-Coast-Guard-Agusta-Bell-412CP-Grifone-lands-in-Uruguay-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><br><em>Still shrink-wrapped following its delivery voyage, the first of two Agusta-Bell 412CP Grifone helicopters for the Uruguayan Navy arrives in Montevideo on the back of a flat-bed truck on August 14, 2019 (Photo by Georgian Uruguayan Ministry of National Defence)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A video released by the Ministry showed it being delivered on a flat-bed truck, still completely shrink-wrapped in plastic. The second helicopter is scheduled to arrive before the end of the year. Both will be operated by the Helicopter Squadron at Laguna del Sauce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two AB412CPs had previously been operated by the Italian Coast Guard, which withdrew the type from service in March 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were purchased by Uruguay in 2018 and are configured for search and rescue. They have a capacity for up to 13 personnel and are expected to also support military and maritime interdiction missions,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Source: <\/strong>AirForces Monthly &#8211; October 2020<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Editor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?cat=1686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Capit\u00e1n Sergio Santos<\/a><\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.net\/news.asp?newst=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">South American <\/a>\u00a9<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">XairForces News <\/a>Editor from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.net\/news_country.asp?id=59\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Argentina<\/a><\/strong>)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=3220\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Final Peruvian Air Force C-27J Spartan delivery\">Facebook.com\/capitansergio.santos<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=3220\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Final Peruvian Air Force C-27J Spartan delivery\">Twitter.com\/SantosCapitan<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:capitan.sergio.santos@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">capitan.sergio.santos@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.net\/newsd.asp?newsid=3171&amp;newst=1#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ex-ltalian Coast Guard Agusta-Bell 412CP Grifone lands in Uruguay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uruguay&#8217;s Ministry of National Defence announced on August 14 that the first of two Agusta-Bell 412CP Grifone helicopters acquired for the Uruguayan Navy had arrived in Montevideo. 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