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Latest updates and news can be found here;

News | NPAS

Latest in ref to bases;

The National Police Air Service has confirmed plans to move to a 15-base model | NPAS

The 15 bases are as follows,

Newcastle
Wakefield
Barton
Hawarden
East Midlands Airport (2 bases - one for fixed wing aircraft, one for rotary aircraft) - (subject to contract negotiations)
Birmingham
Boreham
Elstree (subject to contract negotiations)
Benson
Filton
St Athan
Redhill
Bournemouth
Exeter

The following bases will be closed in the financial year 2015/2016

Rhuddlan - closes 15 September 2015
Halfpenny Green - closes 1 January 2016
Pembrey - closes 1 January 2016
Ripley - closes 31 January 2016
Sheffield - closes 1 February 2016

The following bases will close in the financial year 2016/2017

Durham Tees Valley
Warton
Wattisham
Husbands Bosworth
Lippitts Hill (subject to contract negotiations)

The 15 bases will be divided into four different regions
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