Kent Air Ambulance
Role: Air Ambulance

(Kent Ambulance Service NHS Trust).
Kent Air Ambulance Trust (Paramedic crew from Kent Ambulance Service NHS Trust).
The Kent Air Ambulance Trust is a registered charity established in 1989 to relieve sick and injured people in South East England. The helicopter was initially based at Rochester Airport, but moved to a new base at Marden, Kent, in June 2000.

Kent was the first Air Ambulance in England and Wales to switch from flying with a paramedic crew, to a specialist doctor and critical care paramedic, and in 2007 opened a new base and launched a second helicopter to cover the neighbouring counties of Surrey and Sussex.

Air Bases:

Base	Duration
Rochester Airport	1989 - June 2000
Marden	June 2000 - Present

Aircraft Used:

Type	Qty	Service	Example Serials
AS.355F.1 Twin Squirrel	1	1989 - May 1996	G-SETA
AS.355F.1 Twin Squirrel	1	May 1996 - July 1998	G-MASK, crashed and w/o 26 July 1998
AS.355F.1 Twin Squirrel	1	Sept 1998 - April 2000	G-KGMT*
MDH MD902 Explorer	1	April 2000 - Present	G-KAAT, c/s ?

* K for Kent followed by the initials of the three who lost their lives in G-MASK.

References:

• Kent Air Ambulance Trust

G-KGMT (photo, Iain Kitchen)	G-KAAT (photo, D. Mantz)