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Minister of the Interior Liu Shih-fang visited the National Airborne Service Corps (NASC) today, extending his personal gratitude to the team for their outstanding contributions to rescue operations across natural disasters, mountain rescues, and sea missions. Since January, the NASC has successfully saved 182 lives, often under severe weather conditions and challenging terrains. Recognizing their relentless dedication, Minister Liu also announced the provision of additional meal allowances for the crew.Minister Liu praised the leadership of NASC Captain Ching Yen-Yuan, whose emphasis on strict discipline, enhanced flight training, and rigorous aircraft maintenance has significantly bolstered the NASC’s operational safety and efficiency. The NASC’s bravery and commitment were particularly evident in their exemplary response to the Hualien earthquake on April 3rd and Typhoon Gaemi. Minister Liu expressed his profound appreciation and commendation for their unwavering efforts.Commander Ching outlined the NASC’s key responsibilities, which include land and sea rescues, emergency medical evacuations, surveillance, reconnaissance, and transportation. In alignment with the governments mountain and forest access policy, the NASC has been instrumental in supporting the National Park Services renovation of mountain huts since 2022. Utilizing UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters, they have effectively transported construction materials to remote mountain huts, such as Piao Dan, Yopolan, Bei’an Sancha, Panshishan Zhongfeng, Dalishi, and Xinguangao. This initiative not only integrates training flights with operational tasks but also demonstrates exemplary inter-agency cooperation.

In an effort to provide the public with a safer, more convenient, and friendlier hiking environment, the National Airborne Service Corps (NASC) of the Ministry of the Interior has deployed UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to assist in transporting construction materials for the New Guangao Cabin. Starting from August 12, the helicopters will conduct multiple aerial transport operations, hoisting large construction materials and equipment to the New Guangao mountain area. It is estimated that approximately 6.5 tons of materials will be transported over 15 flights to accelerate the construction of the new cabin within the national park.The Guangao Cabin, situated at an altitude of approximately 2,540 meters above sea level, serves as a crucial stop along popular hiking routes such as the South Second Section, Mabo Traverse, Batongguan Historic Trail, Badaxiu Route, and Dongpu-Yushan Main Peak Trail. The previous cabin was rendered unusable after its foundation and structure were severely damaged by Typhoon Morakot in 2009. Due to the inability to manually transport large construction materials, the NASC and the Army Aviation and Special Forces Command have deployed the 4,000-horsepower Black Hawk helicopters to accelerate the construction process through external cargo sling operations.Since 2022, the NASC has successfully assisted the National Park Service in completing the construction of seven mountain cabins under the jurisdiction of the Shei-Pa and Taroko National Park Headquarters, providing hikers with more comfortable and safer environments.Black Hawk helicopter capable of slinging up to 3,628 kilograms of cargo (reference photo of cargo sling operation for Youpolan Cabin)Current construction status of the New Guangao Cabin

Today (27), the National Airborne Service Corps, MOI held the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the hanger shed at Songshan Base. Accompanied by Minister Lin Yu-Chang of the Ministry of the Interior, Premier Chen Chien-Jen of the Executive Yuan hosted the groundbreaking ceremony. Lin Yu-Chang expressed that the existing hanger shed of the Taipei Base of the National Airborne Service Corps is old, with the capacity of parking only two dolphin helicopters. The new base under construction is an important base and hanger shed for air rescue in northern Taiwan. It allows two different kinds of helicopters – 3 UH-60M black hawk helicopters and 2 AS-365 dolphin helicopters to park there. With the deployment of these helicopters, it makes the deployment more flexible, enhancing the rescue capacity of the country and upgrading the ability to carry out rescue missions in northern Taiwan and the northeastern waters. Lin Yu-Chang expressed that since the establishment of the National Airborne Service Corps in 2004, it had been responsible for the five major missions: air rescue, emergency rescue, air medical services, patrol and reconnaissance, and airmobile transportation. Especially in air rescue, the brave image of the corps has rooted deeply in people’s mind. In 2009, it was decided that the Ministry of Defense should transfer 15 black hawk helicopters for the prevention of disasters and rescue. To cope with the helicopters’ takeover mission, the National Airborne Service Corps began to construct new bases in different parts of Taiwan. Collaborating with the National Land Management Agency (previously Construction and Planning Agency), in recent years, the construction projects of Taichung base (2014), Kaohsiung base (2020), and Taitung base (2022) have all been completed consecutively. Lin Yu-Chang pointed out that the National Airborne Service Corps plays an essential role in the national disaster rescue system. Since its establishment in 2004, it is approaching its 20th anniversary. Insisting on professionalism, it has completed a number of rescue missions in dangerous mountains and waters. It has now completed 108,376 mission times, saving about 8,051 people and transporting 609,698 kilograms of supplies with competent achievements, winning people’s acclaim and respect. Especially after the lifting of the epidemic and the opening of the mountains and forests, there have been increasing demands for mountain rescue, increasing the rescue load. Therefore, we have to thank the crews of the National Airborne Service Corps for carrying out their mission despite the danger. Lin Yu-Chang also thanked the Executive Yuan for its value and support for the Airborne Service Corps. In this project, funding of NT 3.4 billion was approved to construct Songshan base. He would also like to thank the Ministry of Defense for its consideration to the whole country to provide the land and hanger shed in the format of “purchase with compensation, and demolishment and construction on behalf.” In addition to the construction of the Air Force’s hanger shed, the office, and barracks of the Airborne Service Corps, there will be spaces for the black hawk and dolphin helicopters to park there for rescue missions in northern Taiwan and northeastern waters. In the near future, the whole construction team, including Pan Asia Corp., YSL Architects & Associates, National Land Management Agency, Air Force Songshan AB Command, and National Airborne Service Corps will collaborate with each other dedicatedly with high team spirit to help complete the construction project in time with high quality. Working together, the Airborne Service Corps will endeavor to achieve the goal of having black hawk helicopters deploy on the base by the year 2028, to lay down the last piece of the puzzle. Constructing an important air rescue base in northern Taiwan, Kinmen, and offshore islands in the country, it is going to empower the people with the confidence that the National Airborne Service Corps will have the full capacity for disaster rescue. Finally, Lin Yu-Chang also expected the colleagues to insist on the ideal of “completing missions perfectly with safety first” to provide the people with more effective and safer real time services, demonstrating the government’s dedication to saving people’s life and property. The honorable guests that attended the groundbreaking ceremony today included Minister Lin Yu-Chang of the Ministry of the Interior, Legislator Wang Hung-Wei, Legislator Chen Yu-Chen, General Commander Ching Yen-Yuan of the National Airborne Service Corps, Director Wu Hsin-Hsou of the National Land Management Agency, Deputy Director Wang Te-Ben of the Ministry of Defense, local legislators, etc.

To implement the maintenance strategy and promote repairing skills, the National Airborne Service Corps, MOI conducted the 2022 retraining program of BEECH fixed-wing aircraft at AIR ASIA Company Limited in Tainan from March 16 to 18, 2022. In the program, sessions on the body, engine, avionics, and maintenance practice were offered. The trainees included maintenance staff and chief machinists from the First and Second Squad of the Second Brigade, National Airborne Service Corps, MOI. After the training, evaluations were conducted to test their maintenance and troubleshooting ability in the BEECH fixed-wing aircraft. Eventually, all the trainees passed the evaluation. Affected by the epidemic, the trainees conducted self-management and protection measures according to the guidelines of the Central Epidemic Command Center during the retraining. During the retraining, the instructors taught the trainees the knowledge, skills, and experiences concerning aircraft maintenance patiently. During the sessions, the trainees asked questions about ways for efficient troubleshooting from time to time. In the process of periodic maintenance and inspection, non-routine maintenance, and after receiving aircrafts, problems may appear. They conducted vivid discussions, exchanged ideas, and shared experiences regarding technical issues. They all learned considerably from the sessions. Promoted by the government regarding re-organization, the National Airborne Service Corps took over five major missions to support the air disaster relief, air rescue, emergent medical service, observation and patrol, and transportation. When receiving assignments, the personnel on duty have to check the details (such as weather, aircraft conditions, and capacity) with related units. Aircrafts will be dispatched in accordance with the priorities of life, degree of emergency, and remote islands. Then, suitable aircrafts in the nearest locations with the capacity to be mobilized promptly will be assigned to carry out the rescue missions. Now, there are fixed-wing aircrafts of AS-365, UH-60M, and BEECH. To ensure flight safety of the aircrafts, periodic inspections, system structure check, post-completion check, technical modification, technical report, and other maintenance items are conducted before, during, and after the air missions. To empower the maintenance quality, these items are required to be listed in the aircraft maintenance plans to be carried out by the maintenance and control department and re-examined by the personnel in the quality control department. The National Airborne Service Corps is responsible for five major missions, and it endeavors to carry out assignments in disaster relief, rescue, and emergent medical service by exploiting every second with the fastest possible speed. Only by upholding flight safety, it is able for them to complete missions smoothly. Likewise, it is essential to implement the aircraft maintenance strategy to maintain the flight safety policy.

A.Air response1.Response to fire：220 sorties, 11 passengers, 9320kg of material, equipment or fuel carried, 2110 tons of water dropped,1055 water dropping runs.2.Response to flood：14 sorties, 22 people rescued, 17 passengers, 4337kg of material, equipment or fuel carried.3.Response to major accident：4 sorties.B.Air rescue1.Search and rescue in the mountains：182 sorties, 123people rescued, 33 passengers, 3524kg of material, equipment or fuel carried.2.Search and rescue of drowning people：4 sorties, 2 people rescued.3.Search and rescue at sea: 49 sorties, 42 people rescued, 1 passenger.C.Medical assistance1.Medical evacuation：5 sorties, 13 people rescued, 1 passengers, 350kg of material, equipment or fuel carried.2.Organ transplant：66 sorties, 67 people rescued, 64 passengers, 50kg of material, equipment or fuel carried.D. Observation and patrol1.Maritime (coastal) aerial patrol：36 sorties.2.Aerial photography for homeland planning：78 sorties, 28 passengers, 300kg of material, equipment or fuel carried.E.Air transportation：15 sorties, 76 passengers, 5526kg of material, equipment or fuel carried.F.Preparation1.Exercise (drill)：17 sorties.2.Training flight：887 sorties.3.Test run：1033 sorties.4.Joined duty training：18 sorties.5.Maintenance flight：440 sorties.

A. Air response 1. Response to fire: 4 sorties, 16 tons of water dropped, 8 water dropping runs. 2. Response to flood: 1 sorty, 13 people rescued.B. Air rescue 1. Search and rescue in the mountains: 67 sorties, 35 people rescued, 12 passengers, 1,300 kg of material, equipment or fuel carried. 2. Search and rescue of drowning people:2 sorties. 3. Search and rescue at sea: 10 sorties, 32 people rescued.C. Medical assistance 1. Medical referral: 13 sorties, 13 people rescued, 13 passengers, 50 kg of material, equipment or fuel carried.D. Observation and patrol 1. Maritime (coastal) aerial patrol: 10 sorties. 2. Aerial photography for homeland planning: 1 sorty.E. Air transportation1. Air transportation: 4 sorties, 32 passengers, 1,005 kg of material, equipment or fuel carried.F. Preparation 1. Exercise (drill): 3 sorties. 2. Training flight: 161 sorties. 3. Test run: 187 sorties. 4. Joined duty training: 2 sorties. 5. Maintenance flight (factory flight test): 87 sorties.

A. Air response 1. Response to fire:3sorties, 32 tons of water dropped, 16 water dropping runs.B. Air rescue 1. Search and rescue in the mountains: 26 sorties, 18 people rescued, 2 passengers, 180 kg of material, equipment or fuel carried. 2. Search and rescue of drowning people:2 sorties, 2 people rescued. 3. Search and rescue at sea: 11 sorties, 1 people rescued, 1 passenger.C. Medical assistance 1. Medical evacuation:1 sorties, 1 people rescued. 2. Medical referral: 15 sorties, 15 people rescued, 13 passengers.D. Observation and patrol 1. Maritime (coastal) aerial patrol: 10 sorties. 2. Aerial photography for homeland planning: 1 sorty.E. Air transportation1. Air transportation: 2 sorties, 7passengers, 350 kg of material, equipment or fuel carried.F. Preparation 1. Exercise (drill): 2 sorties. 2. Training flight: 149 sorties. 3. Test run: 197 sorties. 4. Joined duty training: 3 sorties. 5. Maintenance flight (factory flight test): 74 sorties.

A.Air rescue 1. Search and rescue in the mountains:11 sorties, 4 people rescued, 1 passengers.B.Medical assistance 1. Organ transplant:4 sorties, 4 people rescued, 4 passengers.C.Observation and patrol 1. Maritime (coastal) aerial patrol:4 sorties.D.Air transportation 1. Air transportation:3 sorties, 24 passengers.E. Preparation 1. Training flight:69 sorties. 3. Test run:71 sorties. 5. Maintenance flight:16 sorties.

A. Air response 1. Response to fire:1 sorties. 2. Response to flood:1 sorties, 13 people rescued.B. Air rescue 1. Search and rescue in the mountains:20 sorties, 22 people rescued. 2. Search and rescue of drowning people:2 sorties. 3. Search and rescue at sea:10 sorties, 32 people rescued.C. Medical assistance 1. Organ transplant:6 sorties, 6 people rescued, 6 passengers.D. Observation and patrol 1. Maritime (coastal) aerial patrol:2 sorties.E. Preparation 1. Exercise (drill):3 sorties. 2. Training flight:55 sorties. 3. Test run:54 sorties. 4. Joined duty training:2 sorties. 5. Maintenance flight:47 sorties.

A. Air response 1. Response to fire: 1 sorties.B. Air rescue 1. Search and rescue in the mountains: 21 sorties, 15 people rescued, 2 passengers. 2. Search and rescue of drowning people: 2 sorties, 2 people rescued. 3. Search and rescue at sea: 4 sorties, 1 passengers.C. Medical assistance 1. Organ transplant: 4 sorties, 4 people rescued, 4 passengers.D. Observation and patrol 1. Maritime (coastal) aerial patrol: 2 sorties.E. Air transportation 1. Air transportation: 2 sorties, 7 passengers.F. Preparation 1. Exercise (drill): 2 sorties. 2. Training flight: 44 sorties. 3. Test run: 64 sorties. 4. Joined duty training: 3 sorties. 5. Maintenance flight (factory flight test): 26 sorties.

A. Air response 1. Response to fire: 2 sorties.B. Air rescue 1. Search and rescue in the mountains: 3 sorties, 2 people rescued.C. Medical assistance 1. Medical evacuation: 1 sorties, 1 people rescued. 2. Organ transplant: 6 sorties, 6 people rescued, 6 passengers.D. Observation and patrol 1. Maritime (coastal) aerial patrol: 4 sorties. 2. Aerial photography for homeland planning: 1 sortiesE. Preparation 1. Training flight: 46 sorties. 2. Test run: 64 sorties. 3. Maintenance flight (factory flight test): 21 sorties.

A. Search & rescue 1. Search and rescue in the mountains: 2 sorties, 1 people rescued. 2. Search and rescue at sea: 7 sorties, 1 people rescued.B. Emergency medical 1. Medical referral: 5 sorties, 5 people rescued, 3 passengers.C. Reconnaissance 1. Maritime (coastal) aerial patrol: 4 sorties.D. Preparation 1. Training flight: 59 sorties. 2. Test run: 69 sorties. 3. Maintenance flight (factory flight test): 27 sorties.

A. Disaster relief 1. Response to fire: 213 sorties, 11 passengers, 9,320 kg of material, equipment or fuel carried, 2,062 tons of water dropped, 1,031 water dropping runs. 2. Response to major accident: 4 sorties.B. Search & rescue 1. Search and rescue in the mountains: 76 sorties, 58 people rescued, 18 passengers, 2,044 kg of material, equipment or fuel carried. 2. Search and rescue at sea: 16 sorties, 7 people rescued.C. Emergency medical 1. Medical evacuation: 3 sorties, 11 people rescued, 350 kg of material, equipment or fuel carried. 2. Medical referral: 33 sorties, 34 people rescued, 33 passengers.D. Reconnaissance 1. Maritime (coastal) aerial patrol: 16 sorties. 2. Aerial photography for homeland planning: 7 sorties, 28 passengers, 300 kg of material, equipment or fuel carried.E. Transportation: 4 sorties, 13 passengers, 1,670 kg of material, equipment or fuel carried.F. Preparation 1. Exercise (drill): 8 sorties. 2. Training flight: 248 sorties. 2. Test run: 437 sorties. 3. Joined duty training: 13 sorties. 4. Maintenance flight (factory flight test): 129 sorties.

A. Disaster relief 1. Response to fire: 111 sorties, 11 passengers, 5,770 kg of material, equipment or fuel carried, 1,142 tons of water dropped, 571 water dropping runs. 2. Response to major accident: 1 sorties.B. Search & rescue 1. Search and rescue in the mountains: 25 sorties, 20 people rescued, 3 passengers, 90 kg of material, equipment or fuel carried. 2. Search and rescue at sea: 11 sorties, 2 people rescued.C. Emergency medical 1. Medical evacuation: 2 sorties, 10 people rescued. 2. Medical referral: 17 sorties, 18 people rescued, 17 passengers.D. Reconnaissance 1. Maritime (coastal) aerial patrol: 9 sorties. 2. Aerial photography for homeland planning: 3 sorties, 24 passengers, 300 kg of material, equipment or fuel carried.E. Transportation: 4 sorties, 13 passengers, 1,670 kg of material, equipment or fuel carried.F. Preparation 1. Exercise (drill): 8 sorties. 1. Training flight: 132 sorties. 2. Test run: 214 sorties. 3. Joined duty training: 6 sorties. 4. Maintenance flight (factory flight test): 47 sorties.

Disaster reliefResponse to fire: 102 sorties, 11 passengers, 3,550 kg of material, equipment or fuel carried, 920 tons of water dropped, 460 water dropping runs.Response to major accident: 3 sorties.Search & rescueSearch and rescue in the mountains: 51 sorties, 38 people rescued, 15 passengers, 1,954 kg of material, equipment or fuel carried.Search and rescue at sea: 5 sorties, 5 people rescued.Emergency medicalMedical evacuation: 1 sorties, 1 people rescued.Medical referral: 16 sorties, 16 people rescued, 16 passengers.ReconnaissanceMaritime (coastal) aerial patrol: 7 sorties.Aerial photography for homeland planning: 4sorties, 4 passengers.Transportation: 3 sorties, 24 passengers, 2,065 kg of material, equipment or fuel carried.PreparationTraining flight: 116 sorties.Test run: 223 sorties.Joined duty training: 7 sorties.Maintenance flight (factory flight test): 82 sorties.