WDS: Security role for Saudi H145
An Airbus Helicopters H145T-2 is on static display at WDS.
This H145T-2 wears the markings of the Presidency of State Security. (Image: Billypix)
The helicopter is wearing the characteristic blue and grey colours and Security Aviation titles of the Saudi Arabian Presidency of State Security.
It is a relatively recent acquisition of the national security body which was created in 2017 by merging a number of existing agencies and which operates a significant helicopter fleet in support of the Kingdom’s counterterrorism and domestic intelligence efforts.
As such, it is the successor to the General Civil Defence Agency, part of the Saudi Ministry of Interior. A long-serving fleet of Kawasaki Vertol KV107IIA-SM Vertol helicopters has given way to 16 Sikorsky S-92A helicopters, which have since been augmented by Sikorsky S-76Ds and S-70i Black Hawks, with Schweizer 434s for training, and four fixed-wing CASA C295Ws.
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