| Air Wing | |
|---|---|
_Leonardo_Helicopters_AW139_at_Wagga_Wagga_Airport_(6).jpg) AW139 | |
| Active | May 1975 – present[1] |
| Country | Australia |
| Agency | Victoria Police |
| Role | |
| Part of | Specialist Response Division[2] |
| Headquarters | Essendon Airport |
| Equipment | |
| Aircraft |
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The Air Wing is the police aviation unit of Victoria Police that operates in metropolitan Melbourne and provides a service to the whole of Victoria.[3]
The Air Wing operates a fleet of three Leonardo AW139 helicopters and a Beechcraft Super King Air fixed-wing aircraft.[4][5] The Air Wing responds to more than 5000 jobs a year.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
1976 Reportwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Transit and Public Safety Command". Victoria Police. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Air Wing". Victoria Police. 6 January 2015. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015.
- ^ a b "New aircraft to enhance police eyes in the sky". Victoria Police (Press release). 23 October 2018. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018.
- ^ "Textron Aviation Special Missions delivers airborne law enforcement fixed-wing King Air 350ER aircraft to Victoria Police". Textron Aviation (Press release). 25 August 2020. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020.