EP Aviation
EP Aviation based in McLean, Virginia, is an aviation company owned by Academi (formerly Blackwater Security). Assets may include an Embraer Super Tucano[1][2][3] and 28 other aircraft [4] including eight SA330J Puma and 14 Bell 412 helicopters.[5] Blackwater has another affiliate known as Presidential Airways which also has a number of registered aircraft. The Pumas were former Bundespolizei and were purchased from HELOG. EP Aviation is active in Afghanistan and Iraq.
EP Aviation is named for Blackwater's owner, Erik Prince.[6]
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Fleet
Aircraft include fourteen Bell 412 helicopters, three Hughes/MD 369 "Little Bird" helicopters, four Bell 214ST medium-lift helicopters, three Fairchild Swearingen Merlin IIIC turboprop airliners, nine Aérospatiale Puma utility helicopters,[7] a Maule Air MT-7-235 STOL aircraft, an Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano counterinsurgency aircraft, and a Mooney M20E fixed wing aircraft.[8]
Incidents
SA.330J (c/n 1358) N605R, ditched "somewhere in Afghanistan" around 15 December 2008 and there is damage to its tailrotor.[9]
Notes
- ↑ Warplanes: Blackwater Buys Brazilian Bombers
- ↑ The Penny Drops: COIN Aircraft for Blackwater? - Defense Industry Daily
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See also
- Aviation Worldwide Services an affiliated company
