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2016 - present
19/05/1999: Company incorporated as Springwells Ltd
03/08/1999: Name changed to Bond Air Services Ltd
2014: Babcock International acquire the Bond Aviation Group, based at Gloucestershire Airport, Staverton.
22/04/2016: Bond Air Services, incorporated within the Bond Aviation Group, changes its name to Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore Ltd.
Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore Ltd operates air ambulance, police, and offshore windfarm helicopters. Operating from numerous bases around the UK, it has base maintenance facilities in both Staverton and Glasgow. Staverton is also home to their training facilities.
HQ: Staverton
ICAO: RHD
Callsign: REDHEAD
AOC No. 2153
Fleet history
Fleet history
Past and present UK registered aircraft in their ownership
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Last updated 01/10/2025
Current fleet
Current fleet
(*Operated by Babcock, owned by others)
Eurocopter EC135 T2
Eurocopter EC135 T2
G-NWAA
Eurocopter EC135 T2+
Eurocopter EC135 T2+
G-EMAA
G-GWAC
(also whilst registered as G-WASN 07/05/2009 > 05/06/2017)
G-HEMN
G-WASC > G-PSCA
G-PSHU
(also whilst registered as G-WONN 26/04/2008 > 23/05/2017)
G-SCAA
G-SPHU
MBB-BK 117 D-2
MBB-BK 117 D-2
G-EMSS
G-RMAA*
Left fleet
Left fleet
Bolkow BO 105DBS-4
Bolkow BO 105DBS-4
G-BUXS 17/08/1999 > 21/06/2016
G-CDBS 17/08/1999 > 21/06/2016
G-NDAA 01/02/2006 > 21/06/2016
EC135 T2
EC135 T2
EC135 T2+
EC135 T2+
G-GOWF 17/08/2009 > 10/07/2018
G-KNSL 06/09/2021 > 23/02/2022
G-NIHM 27/02/2017 > 31/03/2023
(also whilst registered as G-SASA 12/10/2000 > 27/02/2017)
EC135 T3
EC135 T3
MBB-BK 117 D-2
MBB-BK 117 D-2
G-CKVK 13/03/2018 > 09/08/2018
G-ORST 03/01/2018 > 23/11/2023
(also whilst registered as G-DEWF 28/11/2017 > 03/01/2018)
G-SASN 12/03/2015 > 30/07/2021
G-SASS 13/01/2015 > 13/11/2020
G-WENU 28/10/2016 > 22/12/2023
G-WOBR 05/12/2016 > 22/12/2023
G-WROL 13/02/2017 > 09/01/2024
(also whilst registered as G-OLWG 05/12/2016 > 13/02/2017)
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