The San Diego Fire Department currently operates two helicopters out of Montgomery airfield: this 2017 built Firehawk plus one Bell 412 (with a 2nd on order as of March 2024) can be dispatched for SAR and firesuppressing duties. A 1980 built Bell 212 was also operated till 2023, when technical issues grounded the helicopter. The SDFD's original intend was to aquire three Firehawks, but increase in cost lead to the decision to operate a mixed fleet.

The middle of three prototypes built by Bee Aviation Associates Inc. (Beecraft) , the Wee Bee built in 1948, Honey Bee built in 1952 and larger four seat Queen Bee built in 1960. None ever entered production and the Wee Bee and Queen Bee were destroyed in a fire at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in February 1978. The Honey Bee, which survived, was later displayed at the EAA Museum at Oshkosh before moving back to San Diego in 2004 and is still believed to be in storage at the museums Gillespie Field annex.

N281SD was built in 1980 and has seen service with Heliservicio in Mexico as XA-SZD till early 1996. It continued with Air Logistics as N24HS, just to be registered in Mexico again as XA-AAC sometimes later. Became C-FTXU with Eagle Copters Maintenance in March 2004 and from November 2005 started to serve with it's current operator SDFD as N800DM. It appears to have been re-registered to N281SD on January 14, 2020, just a few days before very friendly staff at this SDFD Air Operations base did let me take a picture of this beautiful bird.

Built in 1947. Ex-N6671K. Crashed in 1995.

Postwar designed Taylorcraft F-21A, based on the BC-12, built in 1984