Police helicopter unit (Serbia)

The Helicopter Unit was founded in 1967 when a Bell 47 J-2 was donated to the Republican Secretariat of Internal Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Serbia by the Federal Geological Institute of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia who had used it for geological exploration for uranium. From 1980 onwards, a number of new generation helicopters with jet engines entered service including the Bell AB-212, the Bell 206, Soko Gazelle and later the Aerospatiale AS365N Dauphin. ==Missions==

The Helicopter Unit undertakes a wide variety of missions for the police as well as for the Ministry of Internal Affairs: • Air monitoring of general public security (riot control) in cooperation with the General Police Directorate • Air monitoring of road traffic in cooperation with the Traffic Police Directorate • Air monitoring of borders in cooperation with the Border Police Directorate • Air support (including parachuting) for the Special Anti–Terrorist Unit and the Gendarmery • Aerial firefighting and search and rescue in cooperation with the Directorate of Emergency Situations of the Ministry of the Internal Affairs • Medical evacuation • VIP transport (transport of the President of the Republic, Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs) The Helicopter Unit has its own training course for its pilots and its own aviation technician support unit. ==Fleet==

Helicopters are typically painted in blue and white color scheme except for three helicopters (used as air support to the Gendarmery and Special-Anti-Terrorist Unit) that are painted in military camouflage pattern used by the helicopter fleet of the Serbian Air Force and two fire-fighting helicopters that are painted in red. Current Retired ==See also==