Royal Malaysian Police Air Wing Unit
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Royal Malaysian Police Air Wing Unit or Unit Udara PDRM (UUP) in Malay is a special unit of Royal Malaysian Police was a big role in this duties look after national security with through surveillance and patrol from the air and help national security agency another.
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[edit] History
Established in February 1978, when the cabinet has given approval to RMP to set up the unit stated and decide all RMP's aircraft property in to register under control the civil registration. The unit formally established on 1 February 1979 and the title of the commander units at that time known as Air Wing Chief with turnover four units type aircraft Cessna 206 G In 7 April 1980, UUP commences his flight operation in Peninsula of Malaysia.
[edit] Role
UUP's role is aims to make surveillance from the air in the east coast and hinterland for activity pirate, smuggling and others criminal activity. Other than that UUP also responsible answer help all deep branch PDRM by observation through the air. This unit also responsible answer make flight sympathy and bring famous persons. Currently, UUP owns 6 helicopters, 6 Caravan aircraft types, 5 Pilatus PC-6 aircraft type and 3 Cessna U20G aircraft type. Have a training centre in Ipoh, Perak and three Air Wing base. Stated base base is located in Sungai Besi Heliport Airbase, Kuala Lumpur, Subang Heliport Airbase, Selangor and Sabah / Sarawak Heliport Airbase in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah '.
[edit] List of Air Wing Commanding Officer
| Name of officer | Date | Duties |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohd Noor Jamari | 1 May 1978 - 16 June 1988 | First Air Wing Commanding Officer |
| Deputy Superintendent of Police Larry Chung Yun Joo | 17 June 1988 - 28 May 1990 | replaced DSP. Mohd Noor |
| Assistant Commissioner of Police Ali Hanafiah Hashim | 29 May 1990 - 15 March 1995 | - |
| Assistant Commissioner of Police Syed Hussein Syed Mohd | 16 March 1995 - 5 July 2002 | - |
| Assistant Commissioner of Police Abdul Rahman Hashim | 6 July 2002 - Present | - |
[edit] Air Craft Type
Type of airplane there were some which is used by UUP and it is consist of:-
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Versions | In service | Notes |
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| Cessna 206 |  United States |
civil transport aircraft | 206G | 3 | - |
| Cessna 208 | United States |
civil transport aircraft | 208 Caravan 1 | 6 | - |
| Pilatus Porter PC-6 |  Switzerland |
civil transport aircraft | - | 5 | - |
| E-Squirrel AS-355 F2/AS-355N2 |  France |
Police helicopter | AS-355 F2
AS-355N2 |
6 | - |
(Kindness:Royal Malaysian Police, Bukit Aman)
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