AHI to feature H125 at Ga. expo

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – Airbus Helicopters Inc. will exhibit the Seminole County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office H125 AStar at the 2016 Airborne Law Enforcement Association Annual Conference and Expo in Savannah, Ga., from July 18-23. The sheriff’s office operates two H125’s to conduct a wide variety of law enforcement missions, including search & rescue and aerial firefighting with a Bambi bucket. AHI produced the sheriff’s H125 at the company’s Columbus, Miss., production facility. Metro Aviation, in Shreveport, La., installed the law enforcement completion package. The H125/AS350 AStar-series helicopters are the most widely purchased by U.S. law enforcement agencies - more than 240 are in use nationwide, with 75 delivered over the past five years. (Source: Airbus Helicopters Inc. 07/18/16)