usa Kern County Sheriff's Office

State of California

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kern county sheriffs

Established 1972, the Kern County Sheriff's Department Air Support Unit serves a populated area of 900,000 people which includes the city of Bakersfield.

It began with a new Bell 47 which was used until crashed in 1975 fortunately without victims. It was replaced by a Hughes 500C but in 1978 the unit was deactivated due lack of funding. Six years later, in 1984, was reactivated with a leased Bell 206 which was replaced by 2 new MD500E in 1987. In 1997, 2 ex army OH-58A+ Kiowas joined the unit and in 2008 they get their first medium helicopter, a Huey II




Kern County Sheriff orders two Airbus H125 to replace current MD500E helicopters. KCSO is sending back the 2 Bell OH-58 to the Dept of Defense, when the 2 Airbus H125 arrive. N497 is flyable, while N397E is use for parts. KCSO is keeping the 2 MD 500E N197E and N297E and buys new helicopters for $12 million




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Two Airbus H125  for Kern County Sheriff

Two Airbus H125 for Kern County Sheriff

14-Mar-22 - California Kern County Sheriff orders two Airbus H125 to replace current MD500E helicopters #california


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Bakersfield Meadows FieldKBFL




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Airbus H125
Bell OH-58A Kiowa
Bell UH-1H Iroquois
McDonnell Douglas MD369E / MD500E





Kern County Sheriff's Office List of helicopters


C/N VersionBuiltIn this Org In other Org
0196E md500e 1986 N197E : County of Kern at Bakersfield, CA from 1987; Kern County Sheriffs Dept (K+
0197E md500e 1986 N297E : County of Kern at Bakersfield, CA from 1987; Kern County Sheriffs Dept (+
40993 oh-58a N397E : Kern County Sheriffs Dept (KCSD) from May97; Nov18 still
US Army Aviation 70-15442
40596 oh-58a N497E : Kern County Sheriffs Dept (KCSD) from Jul97
: 27mar14 KCSD hard landing near Highway 58 east of Tehatchapi, CA
US Army Aviation 69-16375
12596 uh-1h N597E : County of Kern at Bakersfield, CA from Sep08; Kern County Sheriff (KCSD); +
US Army Aviation 70-16291
9252 h125 2022 N912KC : Kern County Sheriffs Office
Airbus Helicopters USA N912KC







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