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Maryland State Police Prepare for AW139 Operations
The Maryland State Police wlll fly 10 AW139s with two pilots on medevac and aerial law-enforcement support missions.
The Maryland State Police wlll fly 10 AW139s with two pilots on medevac and aerial law-enforcement support missions.

The Maryland State Police (MSP) Aviation Command has begun the process of integrating its new fleet of 10 AgustaWestland AW139s into operations, beginning at its Frederick Section or district. MSP has seven sections or bases throughout the state currently served by an aging fleet of 11 Eurocopter Dauphins. MSP aviation provides medevac and aerial law enforcement support throughout the state and in the national capital region. That includes intercepting and identifying errant aircraft that fly unannounced near or into the national Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) around Washington, D.C. Last year MSP aviation flew 7,500 missions; 2,300 of those were largely scene-work medevac lifts.

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