Maintenance and Modifications
StandardAero Upgrading Sheriff's Helo for Hot/high Ops
StandardAero's upgrades will allow the Pinal County Sheriff Department to operate its Bell UH-1H in hot and high environments with greater lift capability.
A StandardAero technician works on the tail boom of the Pinal County Sheriff Department's UH-1H helicopter to modify it as part of the MRO provider's program to upgrade the type for hot, high, and heavy operations. (Photo: StandardAero)
A StandardAero technician works on the tail boom of the Pinal County Sheriff Department's UH-1H helicopter to modify it as part of the MRO provider's program to upgrade the type for hot, high, and heavy operations. (Photo: StandardAero)

StandardAero has begun the second phase of a program to upgrade the Pinal County Arizona Sheriff Department’s Bell UH-1H helicopter for hot, high, and heavy operations. The program, which is underway at StandardAero’s helicopter airframe facility in British Columbia, is expected to be completed in the next five to six months.