Private company
Arizona Helicopters
American helicopter contractor
Arizona Helicopters Inc was a helicopter contractor which operated in Laos in the early 1970s for the Central Intelligence Agency. Arizona Helicopters was originally based out of Chandler Municipal Airport in Chandler, Arizona and then in 1968 was moved to Scottsdale Airport in Scottsdale, Arizona. Scottsdale Airport Fixed Base Operator, Robert Wachs, owned and operated Arizona Helicopters Inc. The company assisted in fire fighting operations, flying Santa Claus to malls for the Wallace and Ladmo Show in Phoenix, Arizona, and other charters.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Arizona Helicopters Inc was a helicopter contractor which operated in Laos in the early 1970s for the Central Intelligence Agency.2
Products and brands
The Arizona Helicopters fleet consisted of 50 helicopters, across the following 6 aircraft types:
Bell 47
Bell 205A-1
Bell 206 JetRanger II
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Bell 212
Fairchild Hiller FH-1100
Sud Aviation SA.318C Alouette Astazou
From Wikipedia’s article on Arizona Helicopters, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Links
- WikipediaArizona Helicopters
- WikidataQ4791325
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- 1WikidataArizona Helicopters on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaArizona Helicopters on Wikipedia
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