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EP Aviation LLC

Airline of the United States

EP Aviation based in McLean, Virginia, is an aviation company owned by Academi (formerly Blackwater Security). Assets may include an Embraer Super Tucano and 28 other aircraft including eight SA330J Puma and 14 Bell 412 helicopters. Blackwater has another affiliate known as Presidential Airways which also has a number of registered aircraft.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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EP Aviation based in McLean, Virginia, is an aviation company owned by Academi (formerly Blackwater Security). Assets may include an Embraer Super Tucano and 28 other aircraft including eight SA330J Puma and 14 Bell 412 helicopters. Blackwater has another affiliate known as Presidential Airways which also has a number of registered aircraft. The Pumas were former Bundespolizei and were purchased from HELOG. EP Aviation is active in Afghanistan and Iraq.2

Corporate structure

EP Aviation LLC is part of a group headed by AAR Corp. 57 entities, 14 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • AAR Corp Wood Dale, Illinois, United States
    • EP Aviation LLC
    • AAR (25262) LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • AAR Aircraft & Engine Sales & Leasing, Inc. Subsidiary · Illinois, United States
    • AAR Aircraft Services – Trois Rivieres ULC Subsidiary · British Columbia, Canada
    • AAR Aircraft Services – Windsor ULC Subsidiary · British Columbia, Canada
    • AAR Aircraft Services, Inc. Subsidiary · Illinois, United States
    • AAR Aircraft Services, LLC (formerly HAECO Airframe Services, LLC) Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • AAR Airlift Group Afghanistan Inc. Logistic Services Subsidiary · Afghanistan
    • AAR Airlift Group Peru S.A.C. Subsidiary · Peru
    • AAR Airlift Group, Inc. Subsidiary · Florida, United States
    • AAR Airlift Pakistan (Private) Limited Subsidiary · Pakistan
    • AAR Airlift Panama, Inc. Subsidiary · Panama
    • AAR Airlift S.A.S. Subsidiary · Colombia
    • AAR Allen Services, Inc. Subsidiary · Illinois, United States
    • AAR Americas, LLC (formerly HAECO Americas, LLC) Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • AAR Asset Management, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • AAR Australia, L.L.C. Subsidiary · Illinois, United States
    • AAR Canada Holdings ULC Subsidiary · British Columbia, Canada
    • AAR Component Services (Thailand) Ltd Subsidiary · Thailand
    • AAR Component Services – Grand Prairie, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • AAR Component Services – Hot Springs, LLC Subsidiary · Arkansas, United States
    • AAR CORP. Foundation Subsidiary · Illinois, United States
    • AAR Defence Services Canada ULC Subsidiary · British Columbia, Canada
    • AAR Global Services – Australia Pty Ltd Subsidiary · Australia
    • AAR Government Services, Inc. Subsidiary · Illinois, United States
    • and 31 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

The EP Aviation fleet includes the following aircraft (as of August 2016):

The airline fleet also included the following aircraft (as of October 2011):

14 Bell 412 helicopters

3 Hughes/MD 369 "Little Bird" helicopters

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4 Bell 214ST medium-lift helicopters

3 Fairchild Swearingen Merlin IIIC turboprop airliners

9 Aérospatiale Puma utility helicopters

1 Maule Air MT-7-235 STOL aircraft

1 Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano counterinsurgency aircraft

1 Mooney M20E fixed wing aircraft.

From Wikipedia’s article on EP Aviation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Sources

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