Provides fuselage mounted sonobuoy launcher and crash position indicator as in BB2 and Gulf War modifications as in BB3. Intended kit is Fujimi Westland Sea King Around 1980, all Canadian CH-124A Sea Kings were fitted with a fuselage-mounted sonobuoy launching system which could accommodate both flares and sonobuoys. Externally, it appears as a number of open tubes protruding from the bottom of the aft fuselage. At about the same time, Sea Kings were fitted with a Crash Position Indicator (CPI), a transponder designed to break away from the aircraft and emit a homing signal in case of a crash. It is mounted on a plate fixed to the aft starboard side of the tailboom. In 1990, a Canadian Naval Task Group was sent to the Persian Gulf to assist with the embargo of Iraq. Prior to departure, six Sea Kings (12410, 412, 413, 417 and 426) were modified to improve their self-defence capabilities and their ability to monitor shipping. These modifications included fitting a FLIR turret, an AN/ALQ-144 IR jammer, an M130 flare dispenser, an AN/ALE-37 chaff/flare dispenser and radar warning receivers.
