As of 2017, the Air Support Unit (ASU) operates 2 Bell OH-58A helicopters used primarily for law enforcement operations equipped with multi-agency communications radios, FLIR (Forward Looking Infra Red) technology, searchlights, LoJack stolen vehicle tracking equipment, photo and video equipment, and mapping technology.
ASU also operates 3 Hueys for rescue and firefighting. These are 2 UH-1H and 1 UH-1N all equipped with rescue hoists and capable of fire suppression missions using either fixed water tanks or removable long-line buckets.
ASU also operates 3 Hueys for rescue and firefighting. These are 2 UH-1H and 1 UH-1N all equipped with rescue hoists and capable of fire suppression missions using either fixed water tanks or removable long-line buckets.
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| Years | Location | ICAO/FAA |
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| Years | Models | |
| Bell OH-58A Kiowa | ||
| Bell UH-1D Iroquois | ||
| Bell UH-1H Iroquois | ||
| Bell UH-1N | ||
| Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk | ||
Santa Barbara County Sheriff Department List of helicopters | Help Us | |
| C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |
 | 31427 | UH-1N | 1972 | - : Santa Barbara County Sheriffs Dept for spare parts  |  158256 : -Jul13 SAR at NAS Quonset Point : late 1970s-early 1980s asg NAS Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base : 1988-1992, pictured (pic1) as HH-1N type aboard the USS Saipan (LHA-2) : -Aug08 asg VX-31 at China Lake : 2003 at the Quebec Air Show, Canada in grey camo : HH-1N SAR type pictured (pic2) as VX-31 /403 at NAS China Lake, CA; soc + |
| 31430 | UH-1N | - : Aircraft retired from service, timed out. Scrapped hull given to Santa Ba+ | 158259 : USMC; 1997 MCAS El Toro./01 : conv to HH-1N; HMT-303 /QT-425; soc 20may09 | ||
| 41120 | oh-58a | - : Santa Barbara Sheriff Office from 2014 as spare parts; sold to Dave Barron+ | 70-15569 : US Army | ||
| 41648 | oh-58a | N1850W : Santa Barbara County Sheriffs Dept from Dec96;
Jan20 still | 71-20787 : US Army | ||
| 9526 | uh-1h | N205KS 308 : Santa Barbara County Sheriff Dept; Sep16 pictured | 67-17328 : US Army 0-17328;toward N205KS N205KS : US Forest Service | |
| 5105 | uh-1d | N22SD : Santa Barbara Sheriffs Dept Apr04-Oct09 | 65-10061 : US Army, conv UH-1H | |
| 40349 | oh-58a | N4911S : Santa Barbara County Sheriffs Dept from May96;
pictured unk;
Jan20 still | 69-16128 : US Army | |
| 31627 | UH-1N | N911HN 4 : Santa Barbara County Sheriff Department from Jan10, pictured;
Jan20 still | 158286 : USMC; 1997 /03 at MCAS El Toro, CA; 2002 HMT-303 /QT-424 ; 2009 AMARC | |
| 5105 | uh-1d | N911KP 3 : Santa Barbara Sheriffs Dept from Oct09, pictured | 65-10061 : US Army, conv UH-1H | |
| 70-2814 | uh-60l | N964SB : Santa Barbara Fire Dept (SBCFD) from Feb19 : set to be retrofitted as a firefighting aircraft for Santa Barbara County + | 02-26964 : US Army HH-60L type;
Dec11 Co C, 1-168th AVN, California Army National Gua+ |