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== Fleet == | == Fleet == | ||
[[File:State Blackhawk 1.jpg|thumb|An ex-US Army [[MEDEVAC]] [[Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk|HH-60L]] flying for "Embassy Air" transports Secretary of State | [[File:State Blackhawk 1.jpg|thumb|An ex-US Army [[MEDEVAC]] [[Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk|HH-60L]] flying for "Embassy Air" transports Secretary of State Antony Blinken in [[Kabul, Afghanistan]] in April 2021.]] | ||
[[File:Camp Alvarado 2012.jpg|thumb|The Air Wing's Kabul, Afghanistan base at the Camp Alvarado annex]]As of January 2018, the Air Wing employed 206 aircraft of a variety of types, including various fixed wing aircraft, rotorcraft, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV); this figure is down from a high of 240 in 2010.<ref name=":0" /> The office's cooperative model with often poor and developing partner nations has resulted in its fleet being composed heavily of refurbished, second-hand aircraft, and a number of newer but cheaper models that partner nations can afford to maintain when the aircraft is transferred. | [[File:Camp Alvarado 2012.jpg|thumb|The Air Wing's Kabul, Afghanistan base at the Camp Alvarado annex]]As of January 2018, the Air Wing employed 206 aircraft of a variety of types, including various fixed wing aircraft, rotorcraft, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV); this figure is down from a high of 240 in 2010.<ref name=":0" /> The office's cooperative model with often poor and developing partner nations has resulted in its fleet being composed heavily of refurbished, second-hand aircraft, and a number of newer but cheaper models that partner nations can afford to maintain when the aircraft is transferred. | ||