Norrlandsflyg had recently imported the first two Swedish S-76s when it won the prestigious intensive care contract of Uppsala University Hospital in 1996. Osterman Helicopter had operated a Bell 412 (SE-HVL) on a trial basis at the hospital from 1993, but by contracting Norrlandsflyg and a state-of-the-art Sikorsky S-76 the hospital intended to establish a permanent contract bound organisation. Norrlandsflyg put SE-JES in business at the base, which was located at Fyrislund Rescue Station, moments south of Uppsala.

After three years the hospital prolonged the contract, but required a more powerful helicopter as a majority of the flights were inter-hospital transports and often went from one rooftop to another. A pre-owned S-76A++ from 1985 was acquired from the US, where it had served as a corporate aircraft. Norrlandsflyg gave the American company Keystone Helicopter Corporation the task to modify the helicopter for the approaching EMS activity.

The aircraft was transported to Sweden in late-1998 and entered service as Lifeguard 993 on 7th of January 1999. Lifeguard 993 was a success at once and it indeed proved to become a true lifeguard.

As the negotiations for a prolonged contract for the upcoming years was undertaken in mid-2003 it resulted in a set-back for Norrlandsflyg as the competitor Lufttransport was assigned the new contract. Norrlandsflyg’s activity at the base was concluded in the fall of 2003 and SE-JUZ was moved to the main base in Gällivare. Norrlandsflyg carried out 5 222 missions with its Sikorsky S-76A and A++ helicopters from the Uppsala base between the years 1996-2003.

SE-JUZ replaced the regular EMS helicopter in Gällivare (SE-JUS) for a short while as SE-JUS was in for maintenance. It stayed in Gällivare as a backup aircraft until mid August of 2004, when it was leased to the French company Héli-Union for off-shore activities for 4 months.
It later returned to Gällivare.

As Norrlandsflyg won a new Search and Rescue (SAR) contract for two new bases in mid-2005 the company realized that a backup SAR helicopter was needed in addition to the four SAR helicopters in service throughout Sweden. When the new contract was initiated in the spring of 2006 Norrlandsflyg held SAR bases in Sundsvall, Stockholm Visby and Gothenburg. SE-JUZ was modified for winch operations in the autumn of 2005. It entered backup service in late February of 2006.

The aircraft was used as a backup SAR helicopter between 2006 and late-2009, when it was replaced by SE-HAV and SE-JUY (both as backups). SE-HAV and -JUY had earlier served at the SAR bases in Visby and Sundsvall but those had recently been replaced by two new S-76C++ (SE-JOB and SE-JOJ).

SE-JUZ was sold to the German trading company SILAG Handel AG and its subsidiary, Düsseldorf based HeliJet Charter GmbH, in early-2010. The helicopter was kept in its SAR condition, including the rescue hoist.
The buyer made it official that they planned to break the world record in banner towing (BlowUp-tow) in March of 2010. The old record held a banner of 3,400 m²..