HEMS Helos in the UK - Help Needed

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29th July 2025 | 18:41

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KiwiNedNZ

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HEMS Helos in the UK - Help Needed

Morning All,

Just wanted to get everyones input here. We are doing an updated UK HEMS poster and working on a list of who is operating what so we can then draw up the illustrations.

Could you take a min to add onto this thread any operator you know and what helo types they have. We are going to have one aircraft type from each operator. If you have any current photos of them please also add to the thread as allows us to draw an illustration of the current scheme.

Thanks for your help. Here are the ones I know of:

Cornwall Air Amb - AW169
Kent Surrey Sussex - AW169
The Childrens Air Ambulance - AW169
MAGPAS - AW169
Lins & Notts - AW169
Yorkshire Air Amb - H145
Wales Air Amb - H145

29th July 2025 | 20:21

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finalchecksplease

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Scottish Charity Air Ambulance (Aberdeen & Dundee) EC135 but getting H145D3.
Scottish Ambulance Service (Glasgow and Inverness) H145 + King Air 360 (Glasgow and Aberdeen) operated by Gamma Aviation.
Not strictly HEMS but believe they were on a previous HEMS poster you did: UK Coast Guard AW139/AW189/S92.

29th July 2025 | 21:02

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SWBKCB

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Great North Air Ambulance AS365

North West Air Ambulance EC135

29th July 2025 | 21:21

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twpsaesneg

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East Anglian Air Ambulance - 2x H145

30th July 2025 | 06:54

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helibod

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Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance AW109SP
Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance AW109SP

Air Ambulance Northern Ireland Currently AW109s with AW109e backup, but getting AW109SP 2026

30th July 2025 | 06:56

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gipsymagpie

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Please excuse any repeats

London H135
Thames Valley EC135
Devon H145 and EC135
Kent Surrey Sussex AW169
Wales H145
Scotland Gama H145
Scotland Babckck EC135/H145
Midlands EC135/H145
Yorkshire H145
Great North AS365
Cornwall AW169
Wiltshire Bell 429
Dorset Somerset AW169
North West EC135
Lincs notts AW169
The aircraft ambulance AW109
Northern Ireland AW109
East Anglia H145
Hampshire IOW H135
Magpas AW109
Essex and Herts AW169
Ireland EC135

30th July 2025 | 19:01

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as993

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Originally Posted by finalchecksplease

Scottish Ambulance Service (Glasgow and Inverness) H145 + King Air 360 (Glasgow and Aberdeen) operated by Gamma Aviation..

The King Air 360Cs & H145 D3s are only due in 2026. Gama currently operate 2 H145 D2s and 2 King Air 200Cs for them.

31st July 2025 | 10:20

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helimutt

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updated for Lincs Notts

London H135
Thames Valley EC135
Devon H145 and EC135
Kent Surrey Sussex AW169
Wales H145
Scotland Gama H145
Scotland Babckck EC135/H145
Midlands EC135/H145
Yorkshire H145
Great North AS365
Cornwall AW169
Wiltshire Bell 429
Dorset Somerset AW169
North West EC135
Lincs notts AW169 /AW109SP
The aircraft ambulance AW109
Northern Ireland AW109
East Anglia H145
Hampshire IOW H135
Magpas AW109
Essex and Herts AW169
Ireland EC135