The Sussex Police Air Operations Unit, popularly referred to by the aircrew's police net callsign, Hotel 900,[1] was a unit of Sussex Police that provided emergency air support in the English county of Sussex.[1][2][3] In October 2010, the unit was merged with the Air Support Units of Surrey Police and Hampshire Constabulary to form the South East Air Support Unit, which officially commenced operations in April 2011.[4] The unit operated a MD Helicopters MD Explorer helicopter based at Shoreham Airport,[3][5] with aircrew provided by both Sussex Police and the South East Coast Ambulance Service, and flew sorties at the request of police control at Lewes,[1] or the joint air ambulance control desk at Coxheath, Kent.[2]
- ^ a b c "H900 – The Eye in the Sky". Sussex Police. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
- ^ a b "Ambulance service initiates radical shift in Air Ambulance deployment". South East Coast Ambulance Service. 18 December 2006. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
- ^ a b "Police Helicopters N-Z". UK Emergency Aviation. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "South East Air Support Unit officially launched". Sussex Police. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ^ "Sussex Police Air Support Unit". Shoreham Airport.
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