06-26-2021 Here is a Los Angeles Fire Department Leonardo / AgustaWestland AW139 Helicopter Air Ops #4 Starting Up & Taking Off from the Whiteman Airport in Southern California. Thank You for Watching & Please Subscribe.
Manufacturer: Leonardo (formerly AugustaWestland Philadelphia)
Model: AW139
FAA Registration N304FD
FIRE 4 Los Angeles Fire Department Air Ops
Yr. 2008
Note: USAF Helicopter is the MH-139A & nicknamed the “Grey Wolf”
From Wikipedia
The AgustaWestland AW139 is a 15-seat medium-sized twin-engined helicopter developed and built by AgustaWestland, now called Leonardo. It is marketed at several different roles, including VIP/corporate transport, offshore transport, fire fighting, law enforcement, search and rescue, emergency medical service, disaster relief, and maritime patrol.[3] In addition to AgustaWestland's manufacturing facilities in Italy and the United States, the AW139 is produced in Russia by HeliVert, a joint venture between AgustaWestland and Russian Helicopters.
The AW139 was originally designed and developed jointly by Agusta and Bell Helicopters and marketed as the Agusta-Bell AB139, being redesignated AW139 when Bell withdrew from the project. Since entering service in 2003, the AW139 has become one of AgustaWestland's most influential products; it has been subsequently developed into two enlarged medium-lift helicopters, the military-orientated AW149 and the AW189 for the civil market.