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 | ||
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List of Aircraft for Santa Barbara
| C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |
| 41120 | oh-58a | - : Santa Barbara Sheriff Office from 2014 as spare parts; sold to Dave Barron+  |  70-15569 : US Army | ||
| 31430 | UH-1N | 158259 : 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 | ||
| 41648 | oh-58a | N1850W : Santa Barbara County Sheriffs Dept from Dec96 | 71-20787 : US Army | ||
 | 9526 | uh-1h | N205KS : Santa Barbara County Sheriff Dept; Sep16 pictured as /308 | 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 | |
| 31427 | UH-1N | N441PA : Santa Barbara County Sheriffs Dept | 158256 : 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) : 2003 at the Quebec Air Show, Canada in grey camo : 2007 HH-1N SAR type pictured (pic2) as VX-31 /403 at NAS China Lake, CA; + | |
| 40349 | oh-58a | N4911S : Santa Barbara County Sheriffs Dept from May96 | 69-16128 : US Army | |
| 31627 | UH-1N | N911HN : Santa Barbara County Sheriff Department from 28aug09 | 158286 : USMC; 1997 /03 at MCAS El Toro, CA; 2002 HMT-303 /QT-424 ; 2009 AMARC | |
| 31717 | UH-1N | N911HN : Santa Barbara County Sheriffs Dept 2010 | 160167 : USMC; HMM-166 /YX-31; HMM-165 /YW-36; 12apr10 stricken from the US Navy li+ | ||
| 5105 | uh-1d | N911KP : Santa Barbara Sheriffs Dept from Oct09; /3 | 65-10061 : US Army, conv UH-1H |