Two new search and rescue helicopters will be based at Humberside Airport following the news the Bristow Group is to take over the service from the RAF.
The American firm has won a 10 year £1.6-billion contract to run the service - which has been in the control of the RAF and Royal Navy for the past 70 years - taking over from 2015.
Bristow will replace ageing RAF and Royal Navy Sea King helicopters with modern Sikorsky S-92s and AgustaWestland 189s.
22 helicopters will operate from 10 locations around the UK, with two S-92s based at Humberside.
All bases will be operational 24 hours a day, and half of the new fleet will be built in Yeovil, Somerset.
