[4] Sif was ordered from Aérospatiale in June 1984 as a replacement for TF-RÁN which November 1983 crash in Jökulfirðir resulted in the deaths of four Coast Guard airmen.

[11] On 14 March 1987, nine crewmembers of the fishing vessel Barðinn GK were rescued aboard Sif after the ship stranded in the bay of Dritvík at Snæfellsnes.

[12] On 12 February 1988, the crew of Sif rescued 11 crewmembers of the fishing vessel Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson III GK 11 that stranded close to Grindavík.

[1] On 14 June 1990, Sif rescued the two-man crew of a Piper PA-34 Seneca that had to ditch the aircraft 29 miles west of Keflavík after running out of fuel.

[16] On 16 July 2007, while on a training mission, Sif made an emergency landing in the sea between Straumsvík and Hafnarfjörður and was damaged beyond repair.