With less than 300 units built by CASA (now Airbus Military) and Nurtanio/IPTN since 1986, the CN-235 is not the most successful aircraft, but nevertheless a rather interesting one, as it is operated in small numbers by many Air Arms around the world. The Indonesian AF has so far aquired twelve CN-235's, with A-2302 being the 2nd one (built in 1992). In June 2019, this airframe has been transferred to the newly established Skadron Udara 27 and based on the island of Biak (Papua province). It has since also received the typical glossy three tone camo livery know from the TNI-AU's C-130 fleet.

Since the introduction of Jet Airliners in the late 1950's, EL AL (founded in 1949) has almost entirely operated Boeing aircraft. Gone are they days of variety, and today the airline only operates B737-800/-900 on the short and medium flights plus B777-200 and B787 Dreamliners on longhaul routes. 4X-EKL was manufactured in June of 2009 and is one of 16 B737-800 on strength at the time of upload.

Manufactured in 2000, this helicopter has always been registered I-HBEP and first belonged to italian operator Helica, before it joined the small fleet of Heli Mont Blanc in 2019. Based at Aosta airport, Heli Mont Blanc offers aerial work to the local community, plus taxi and scenic flights for tourists. It also operates a Robinson R44 for basic and advanced training.

In 1985, STAR Flight (commonly known as Travis County STAR Flight) began operating as a joint venture program of Travis County, the City of Austin and the Brackenridge Hospital. Having started simple with a Bell 206 Jet Ranger and later a Bell 206L3 Long Ranger, it received larger and more complex Bell 412EP's as from 1990. Those were eventually replaced by EC135 and EC145 helicopters and in 2019, Travis County STAR Flight became the first ambulance service AW169 opertor in the US, introducing three units (N307TC, N308TC and N309TC).

Built in 2007, this airframe previously carried test registration F-WQDB, then served in Switzerland with Air Grischa and Swiss Helicopter as HB-ZIY till June of 2013. It then went to Portugal as CS-HIF with EverJets before ending up with famous austrian operator Wucher. Seen here on a cold winter day at Wucher's main base in Ludesch.

The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (locally known as Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia) became an Agusta customer in 2003, when it received two A109E Power (9M-BOA and 9M-BOB). Then in 2010, the service introduced two AW139, the 1st of which can be seen here taxing towards the Agusta hangar at Subang (without the usually mounted rescue hoist). The 2nd AW139 carries registration 9M-BOD. Finally in 2018, two larger AW189 helicopters were purchased as 9M-BOE and 9M-BOF.

Travira Air is a Jakarta based Charter Airline, operating both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. It's S-76, Bell 412 and AW139 helicopters are contracted to the oil and gas industry out of Balikpapan (East Kalimantan), while the ATR-42/72, Beech 1900 and Cessna 208 aircraft can be seen throughout Indonesia. The S-76 pictured here was sold to South Korea where it became HL9636. Registration PK-TVP has been re-assigned to a Viking DHC-6-400 Twin Otter, which was delivered new to Travira Air in late 2021.

Climbing out of Ovda AB for another training sortie, this F-15C Baz was delivered to Israel under the Peace Fox III FMS program. It carried US FY # 83-0060 and is assigned to 106 SQN "Spearhead" based in Tel Nof. The grey F-15's of 106 & 133 SQN each carry an individual a/c name painted on the nose section, this one is called "Tzedek" in hebrew, meaning "Jupiter". It is seen here "armed" with a blue Python 3 practice missile under the wing and an IAI/ELTA EL/L-8222 electronic countermeasure pod on the LH forward station.

Ulrichen was - with 1350m/AMSL - the highest active Air Base in Switzerland, being in operation between 1942 and 1999. After it's closure, it was a few times used by AgustaWestland for high altitude trials of various helicopter prototypes. Such was the case in September of 2009, when the 2nd prototype of the VTOL / Tilt Rotor AW-609 was based there for a week to conduct test flights. Seen here just about to take-off. Unfortunately, this airframe crashed in northern Italy on October 30, 2015 during high speed trials, with loss of both test pilots.

This 2002 built EC145 joined the REGA fleet as 1st of it's kind in January 2003. Four more were introduced that same year, while a 6th heli was purchased in late 2008. They operated out of the "lowland" bases Lausanne, Berne, Basle, Zurich and St Gallen. In 2019, all six were sold to the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie (Al-Darak al-Malikiy) and ferry flown to Morocco, still wearing the basic REGA colors but already registered in the CN-BZ.. range. HB-ZRA was the last delivered to Morocco and became CN-BZU in August 2020.

EAT Leipzig officially started operations at Leipzig/Halle Airport in spring of 2008. It is an aircraft maintenance center as well as a registered cargo airline, operating on behalf of the DHL Group. As such, it currently operates some 20 A300-600 Freighters, among them this former Japan Airlines airframe (built in December 1992, ex JA8562) seen here in front of Mount Ymittos. D-AEAL got converted from Pax to Cargo standard in 2010/2011 (while temporary carrying registration N4679) and joined the EAT fleet in March 2012. EAT also operates a few A330 and B757-200 freighters.

Seen here departing Andravida AB is one of some 20 Avantis used by the four branches of the Italian Armed forces since 1994. This particular airframe was manufactured in 2008 and was first operated by the Department of Civil Protection ("Dipartimento Protezione Civile") as I-DPCL, before being intergrated into the Italian AF fleet in June 2011. It is based at Practica di Mare. In early 2020, the Italian MoD announced an order for additional nine new Avantis in the version Evo+, plus the upgrade of eleven existing airframes to Evo+ configuration.

Before being converted to a freighter in January of 2019, this 2002 built B737-800 flew for American Trans Air and ATA Airlines as N329TZ. Between May 2006 and August 2018, China Southern Airlines operated it as B-5127. After the conversion, it first became G-NPTD, finally joining West Atlantic in October of 2020. Arriving here from Paris CDG, lining up for a landing on ATH's RWY03L.

Besides a large fleet of AS-350's, the LA County Sheriff Department (LASD) also operates three AS-332L1 Super Pumas. In addition to supporting law enforcement duties, those helicopters are sometimes also called for rescue missions. Unfortunately, N950SG crashed during one of those on March 19, 2022 near San Gabriel Dam (CA), luckily without loss of life. N950SG, like the LASD's other two AS332s, has been remanufactured in 2004, hence it's c/n in the 9000 range. It joined the LASD in 2013, having previously been N212AE. The AS332's replaced the LASD famous Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King.

HB-ZOZ (ex C-FYLF) was added new to Air Zermatt's fleet in May of 2018, becoming their 2nd B429 after HB-ZSU (c/n 57067). It is seen here on Air Zermatt's dedicated HEMS base near Gampel, waiting for another emergency call. This particular HEMS base is situated "off the beaten track" allowing HB-ZOZ to be on stand-by 24/7, without disturbing too many people during night operations.

I-WOOD is the 6th and so far latest AW139 Air Green added new to it's fleet in early 2020. At the time of upload, the helicopter was under contract with the "Protection Civile" of the autonomous region of Aosta Valley. The helicopter's main purpose is to provide HEMS service to this smallest province of Italy. To fullfill its duty, members of the local medical service "Azienda USL Valle d'Aosta" and the mountain rescuers of the "Unione Valdostana Guide Alta Montagna" join the flights if need be. During the winter season, skies are mounted to I-WOOD's landing gear.

In April 2021, Air-Glaciers bought two 2nd hand AS-350B2's, HB-ZYE being one of them. Air-Glaciers's B2's are mainly used for spraying vineyards in the canton of Valais and Vaude. Originally built in 1981 as AS-350B, it was at one point converted to B1 and then eventually to B2. Among the various registrations it carried over the years, the most interesting are SX-HBI when operated by Olympic Airways in Greece, after which it became ES-37 with the Algerian Gendarmerie (El Dark El Watani). Image taken during the Lauberhorn FIS Ski World Cup race, shuttling spectators to the Kleine Scheidegg.

When Israel started to explore it's own natural gas as from March 2004, the country's dependance on importing this energy source slowly turned around. With the discovery of more gas fields around 2010, Israel's offshore helicopter activity saw a steep rise. In due course, local operator Lahak Aviation leased several S-76 and Bell 412 helicopters from PHI Inc. 4X-BDO shown here was manufactured in 1981 and got delivered to Lahak on July 17, 2013. Previous registrations were N3911L and N412UM. Operated for PHI Inc. Israel.

In December 2018, Zimex Aviation became the latest operator of this 1996 built ATR-42. It previously carried several french registrations such as F-WWLF and F-OHJC (with Air Tahiti), plus F-WQNJ, F-GHNS, F-WQNE and F-WKVI with different leasing firms. In addition, it flew in Holland as PH-XLS, in India as VT-ADQ, in South Africa as ZS-XCC and ZS-XCI, plus in Mozambique as C9-SAM. Seen here arriving from Geneva as flight RED160 to load material and passengeres on an ICRC relief flight to Suceava (SCV - LRSV) in Romania, in connection with the crisis in the Ukraine. Note the ICRC stickers.

First del to Singapore Airlines in October of 1997 as 9V-SJJ. Boing (!) bought it as D-AJGP and sold it to Emirates in February 2004. In may of 2013, it was registered in Portugal as CS-TQY and flew for various companies since then. With Springjet at the time of upload.