National Airborne Service Corps

The National Airborne Service Corps (NASC; Chinese: 內政部空中勤務總隊; pinyin: Nèizhèngbù Kōngzhōng Qínwù Zǒngduì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lāi-chèng-pō͘ Khong-tiong Khîn-bū Chóng-tūi) is the agency of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of China (Taiwan) responsible for executing and providing support for search and rescue, disaster relief, emergency medical service, transportation, monitoring, reconnaissance and patrol in Taiwan.[2]

National Airborne Service Corps
空中勤務總隊
Kōngzhōng Qínwù Zǒngduì (Mandarin)
Khûng-chûng Khiùn-vu Chúng-chhui (Hakka)
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Agency overview
Formed10 March 2004
JurisdictionTaiwan (Republic of China)
HeadquartersXindian, New Taipei
Agency executive
  • Tung Chien-cheng[1], Director-General
Parent agencyMinistry of the Interior
Websitewww.nasc.gov.tw
NASC helicopters at Taipei Songshan Airport.
Second Brigade

History

NASC was formed with the merging of the Airborne Squadron of National Police Agency, the Preparatory Office of the Airborne Fire Fighting Squadron of National Fire Agency, the Aviation Team of Civil Aeronautics Administration of Ministry of Transportation and Communications, and the Air Patrol Squadron of the Coast Guard Administration on 10 March 2004.[3]

In April 2020 a NASC AS-365 Dauphin helicopter crashed during a training exercise at Kaohsiung International Airport. All five crew members walked away from the crash.[4]

In July 2020 the Taiwanese President announced a major pay raise for NASC pilots and smaller pay raises for NASC support staff in recognition of their dangerous profession and the benefit they bring to Taiwanese in need. According to the President NASC had rescued more than 7,100 people since its founding in 2004. Their contribution to wildfire fighting was also acknowledged.[5]

Organizational structure
  • Aviation Affairs Division
  • Maintenance Division
  • Duty Command Center
  • Secretariat
  • Personnel Office
  • Accounting Office
  • Civil Service Ethics Office
  • Service Brigade

Fleet

The NASC currently has 25 helicopters, of which 10 had the range to effectively operate across the Taiwan Strait in 2014.[6] Between 2009-01-01 and 2019-12-31 the fleet racked up 75,746 flight hours over 56,366 sorties and effected 3,891 rescues.[7]

Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Helicopters
UH-60M United States medium-lift helicopter In service[8]
AS365 France medium-lift helicopter In service[8]
UH-1H United States medium-lift helicopter In service[8]
S-76 United States medium-lift helicopter In service[8]
CH-47 United States heavy-lift helicopter B-V 234MLR Retired in 2015[8]

Fleet stations

North

Middle

South

Transportation

NASC headquarters office is accessible within walking distance North of Dapinglin MRT station of the Taipei Metro.

See also

References
  1. "å…§æ"¿éƒ¨ç©ºä¸å‹¤å‹™ç¸½éšŠNational Airborne Service Corps,Ministry of the Interior Word Wide Web__ Introduction". Nasc.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  2. "AN OUTLINE OF INTERIOR AFFAIRS. REPUBLIC OF CHINA 2013-National Airborne Service". Moi.gov.tw. 2013-12-03. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  3. "å…§æ"¿éƒ¨ç©ºä¸å‹¤å‹™ç¸½éšŠNational Airborne Service Corps,Ministry of the Interior Word Wide Web__ Introduction". Nasc.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  4. "Helicopter crashes during training exercise in Kaohsiung City". taiwanenglishnews.com. Taiwan English News. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. Tzu-ti, Huang. "Largest pay raise announced for Taiwan's airborne service corps". www.taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  6. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/06/05/2003592044
  7. "Performance". www.nasc.gov.tw. NASC. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  8. "Taiwan National Airborne Services Corps". www.helis.com. Helis.com. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  9. "National Airborne Service Corps,Ministry of the Interior Word Wide Web__Fleet Station". Nasc.gov.tw. 2013-02-26. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
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