Western Counties Air Operations Unit

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

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

References

^ "Welcome". Website of the Western Counties Air Operations Unit. Western Counties Air Operations Unit. Archived from the original on 8 December 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
"Air Support Unit". Website of Avon and Somerset Constabulary. Avon and Somerset Constabulary. Archived from the original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
"Frequently asked questions (FAQs)". Website of the Western Counties Air Operations Unit. Western Counties Air Operations Unit. Archived from the original on 3 January 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
"The National Police Air Service - How Will It Affect You?". Retrieved 23 August 2016.

Territorial

England	Avon and Somerset Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Cleveland Cumbria Derbyshire Devon & Cornwall Dorset Durham Essex Gloucestershire Greater Manchester Hampshire and Isle of Wight Hertfordshire Humberside Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Merseyside Metropolitan Norfolk North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northumbria Nottinghamshire South Yorkshire Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex Thames Valley Warwickshire West Mercia West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire
Wales	Dyfed-Powys Gwent North Wales South Wales
Scotland	Police Scotland
Northern Ireland	Police Service of Northern Ireland

National