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Above: The Jordanian Royal Flight introduced two AW139 air ambulances to service from August 2010, followed by a third in VIP
configuration delivered in September 2012. The second example is JY-RSC (c/n 41218), wearing the callsign ‘EMS-2’. This helicopter
was on standby at Amman-Marka as part of the service’s 24-hour helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS). Below: Immaculate
UH-60M ‘01’ is another Jordanian Royal Flight aircraft at Amman-Marka. Despite its VIP transport role, the helicopter wears a military
camouflage scheme. The Royal Flight received a trio of UH-60Ms: two examples in VIP configuration were delivered 2013 and a
contract for a third was placed June 2015. The Black Hawks provide intra-country transportation for the Royal Family, Jordanian
o icials, visiting heads of state and other dignitaries.

Left: The workhorses of Amman-Marka’s 7 Squadron, the
ageing AS332M1s, were very active as of September. The
squadron has flown the Super Puma – including serial 740 (c/n
2184) – since 1987. Today, nine examples from an original total
of 11 are understood to remain in service. Since some critical
components – such as the mission computer – are becoming
obsolete, the RJAF has put its Super Pumas up for sale. Below:
The attack helicopters of 10 and 12 Squadrons were very active
at the time of AFM’s visit to King Abdullah II AB. AH-1F serial
1205 (c/n 22617, FMS 82-24093) carries M260 pods for 70mm
(2.75in) calibre rockets inboard and twin TOW launchers
(missiles removed) outboard on the stub wings, plus the three-
barrel 20mm cannon. This is one of the unit’s non-modernised
AH-1Fs. Jordan received 24 new-build aircraft in 1995, followed
by nine ex-US Army examples from September 2000 and up
to 16 ex-Israeli AH-1E/Fs in 2015. Eight were sold to Pakistan
around 2011. Another eight were o ered for sale in December

2016 and six were reportedly transferred to Kenya in 2017. Two
more were delivered to the Philippines last November.

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