LA Co Sheriff Sea King arriving for the 2008 Miramar show

Seen here at customs after arrival as "Rescue 5" from Eugene, Oregon. It later departed for Langley. A nice lunchtime surprise!

Besides two AS-332 Super Puma's, twenty AS-350B2 form the bulk of the LA County Sheriff Department helicopter fleet. N950LA joined the fleet in 2010 and is seen here taking off for another traffic surveillance flight in supurb evening light.

With the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department from 1977 to 1995.

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.

Ex US Navy 152702.

Making an approach to runway 30 to end its flying day.

What a lovely colour scheme to have on a Sikorski 61 and definately one of the highlights of my day at LGB.

The City of Lakewood, California, the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department and the Hughes Tool Company began the Sky Knight program in 1966 to bring airborne law enforcement from special operations to more routine patrolling and aerial command. This 1965 vintage 269B was a long serving member flying out of Long Beach airport.