@ Camarillo, CA
August 2019
The Los Angeles Fire Department Air Operations Unit operates a fleet of aircraft out of Van Nuys Airport, including five of these new AW139 helicopters which replaced the Bell 412s used previously. Instead of the familiar “Bambi Bucket”, these have a 480 gallon belly tank. Introduced in 2003, this helicopter was designed and developed jointly by Agusta and Bell Helicopters and marketed as the Agusta-Bell AB139, it was re-designated the AW139 when Bell withdrew from the project. Nikon D500 w/Tamron 150-600 mm.
