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UK Kent Air Ambulance

KAA

1989–2007

Air Medical Services

Part of Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance Trust

Began life in Nov 1989 as the South East Thames Air Ambulance, operating a single Twin Squirrel from Dec 1989, from Rochester. It operated the Kent service from Marden until 2007 when it became part of KSSAAT.

In Apr 2017, signed a 25 year lease to continue Surrey & Sussex operations from Redhill, despite previous announcements from KSSAA that it intended to centralise all operations at Old Hay, near Marden.
The Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance Trust (KSSAAT) also includes Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance

Locations

1989-1999 EGTO RCS Rochester Airport
1999-2007 Marden

Models

1989-?? Aerospatiale AS355E TwinStar
2000-2007 McDonnell Douglas MD902 Explorer

Airframes (5)

Reg Model C/N Built
G-KAAT md902 900/00056 1998
G-KGMT as355e 5042 1981
G-KSST aw169 69014 2016
G-MASK as355f1 5326 1985 w/o 1998
G-SETA as355e 5077 1981