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Florida Keys HEMS Signs for Trio of Leonardo AW139s
Florida's Trauma Star is taking new AW139 helicopters
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Florida's Monroe County has ordered three Leonardo AW139 intermediate twin helicopters for its Trauma Star air ambulance program. (Photo: Leonardo)

Florida's Monroe County has ordered three Leonardo AW139 intermediate twin helicopters for its Trauma Star air ambulance program, jointly operated by the county’s fire rescue and sheriff’s departments. The aircraft will serve the Florida Keys from Lower Keys Medical Center and the Marathon International Airport and will be delivered between the end of 2024 and early 2025.

“The AW139 is the only aircraft available that will meet Trauma Star’s mission profile, able to fly the distance, carry our payloads, and utilize our current landing zones,” said Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay. The new helicopters will replace the Trauma Star’s current fleet of Sikorsky S-76 aircraft. That aircraft is no longer in production.

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