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The UN Humanitarian Air Service, UNHAS, seeks to deliver safe, reliable, cost-efficient and effective common air services to the humanitarian community. As of 2017 is operating in Afghanistan, Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia/Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan and Yemen.

Rotary wing aircraft formed UN Flights as integrated units of the different missions around the world including Cyprus, Lebanon, Haiti, Congo, etc.

Aircraft are provided by many Armed and Security Forces but private companies also provide services to the UN including :
- Guardian Helicopters
- Starlite
- UTAir

Units

AbrevNickFromTo
Security Forces
ICAO
ICC 1954 1973
MINUSMA 2013
MINUSTAH 2004 2017
MONUSCO 1999
UNIFIL 1978
World Food Programme WFP 1961
UNFICYP 1964

Models

Bell 212
Sikorsky S-55 H-19
Bell 205
Aerospatiale SA330 Puma
Mil Mi-8/17/171

Operations

04 Oct 20162016 -- HT Hurricane Matthew relief operations
25 Apr 20132013 -- ML MINUSMA
01 Apr 19781978 -- LB UNIFIL / NorAir / ItalAir
04 Mar 19641964 -- CY UNFICYP