 The Sea King participated in the UN 's intervention in Bosnia . 845 Naval Air Squadron and their Sea Kings had been dispatched to the region in late 1992 in response to escalating tensions in the region . They performed various logistical and transport missions , such as the repositioning of Royal Artillery L118 Light Guns in the region and in the evacuation of casualties . In one incident on 24 March 1993 , during an attempt to establish an air evacuation route to a UN @-@ declared safe zone , a flight of French Aérospatiale Pumas and Sea King HC4 helicopters were shelled while taking off from an improvised landing zone . Two further Sea Kings arrived to evacuate several UN casualties , managing to fly the wounded to the Bosnian city of Tuzla , where they came under further enemy fire while unloading . 
