Western Counties Air Operations Unit Explained

The Western Counties Air Operations Unit was a joint consortium established to provide police aviation for Avon and Somerset Constabulary and Gloucestershire Constabulary.[1] It was formed in August 1995,[1] and operated a Eurocopter EC135 from Bristol Filton Airport.[2] [3]

In July 2013, the unit was subsumed into the National Police Air Service,[4] subsequently moving to the nearby base of the Great Western Air Ambulance adjacent to the Almondsbury M4/M5 Interchange in South Gloucestershire.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Welcome. https://web.archive.org/web/20061208010056/http://www.westerncounties.org.uk/. dead. 8 December 2006. Website of the Western Counties Air Operations Unit. Western Counties Air Operations Unit. 5 April 2011. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Air Support Unit. https://web.archive.org/web/20060526232850/http://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/units_and_departments/operations/air_support_unit.aspx. dead. 26 May 2006. Website of Avon and Somerset Constabulary. Avon and Somerset Constabulary. 5 April 2011. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Frequently asked questions (FAQs). https://web.archive.org/web/20070103001313/http://www.westerncounties.org.uk/faq/. dead. 3 January 2007. Website of the Western Counties Air Operations Unit. Western Counties Air Operations Unit. 5 April 2011. dmy-all.
  4. Web site: The National Police Air Service - How Will It Affect You?. 23 August 2016.

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