Royal Malaysian Police Air Wing Unit

A Eurocopter Squirrel AS-355N owned by Royal Malaysian Police Air Wing Units.

The Royal Malaysia Police Air Operation Force (Malay: Pasukan Gerakan Udara PDRM (PGU)) is a special unit of Royal Malaysia Police. They look after national security by surveillance and patrol from the air and help other national security agencies.

History

Established in February 1978, when the cabinet gave approval to RMP to set up the unit. All RMP's aircraft property were registered under the control the civil registration. The unit formally established on 1 February 1979 and the title of the commander units at that time known as Air Wing Chief with turnover four units type aircraft Cessna 206 G. On 7 April 1980, UUP began the flight operation in Peninsula Malaysia.

The Sg Besi Airbase was the Air Wing’s main operating base in the peninsula apart from the training base in Ipoh Airport, Perak. The Air Wing also operates from two other bases namely in Kuching International Airport, Sarawak and Kota Kinabalu International Airport, Sabah.

On 19 March 2018, it's new Peninsular Airbase was inaugurated at Subang Airport, Selangor.[1] The new air base is located at the southern end of the runway.

Roles

A Pilatus PC-6 used by RMP Air Units to air patrol, surveillance and used by special force to specific training.

UUP's role is to make surveillance from the air on the east coast and hinterland checking for pirate activities, smuggling and others criminal activities. Other than that UUP is also responsible to answer help calls by other branches PDRM by observation through the air. This unit also responsible to carry out mercy flight and to ferry senior police officers. Currently, UUP owns 6 helicopters, 6 Caravan aircraft types, 5 Pilatus PC-6 aircraft type and 3 Cessna U20G aircraft type.

List of Air Wing Commanding Officer

List of Air Wing Commanding Officer
Name of officer Date Duties
Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohd Noor Jamari1 May 1978 – 16 June 1988First Air Wing Commanding Officer
Deputy Superintendent of Police Larry Chung Yun Joo17 June 1988 – 28 May 1990replaced DSP. Mohd Noor
Assistant Commissioner of Police Ali Hanafiah Hashim29 May 1990 – 15 March 1995-
Assistant Commissioner of Police Syed Hussein Syed Mohd16 March 1995 – 5 July 2002-
Assistant Commissioner of Police Abdul Rahman Hashim6 July 2002 – 2007
Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Dato' Chuah Ghee Lye2007 – 31 December 2010Currently Chief Police Officer of Malacca
Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Dato' Kamarulzaman Bin Md Jan1 January 2011 – present
DEPUTY COMMISIONER OF POLICE, DCP DATO S.SATHIYA SEELAN18 JUNE 2015 - PRESENT

Aircraft

Aircraft used by UUP consist of:-

Aircraft Type Versions In service Notes
Cessna 172 Skyhawk Civil utility aircraft Cessna Skyhawk 172S 4 Discontinued
Cessna 206 civil transport aircraft Cessna U206G Stationair 3 Discontinued
Pilatus PC-6 Porter Light civil transport aircraft Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter 6 9M-PSE, 9M-PSF, 9M-PSG, 9M-PSH, 9M-PSI, 9M-PSK

9M-PSJ crashed on 17/5/1989 at Kuala Lumpur with 6 fatalities.[2]

Cessna 208 Caravan Medium civil transport aircraft Cessna 208 Caravan 6 9M-PSL, 9M-PSM, 9M-PSN, 9M-PSO, 9M-PSP, 9M-PSQ
Beechcraft Super King Air Air surveillance /

Medium transport aircraft

 Beechcraft Super King Air 350i 5 9M-PTA, 9M-PTB, 9M-PTC, 9M-PTD, 9M-PTE
Eurocopter AS355 Écureuil 2 Utility helicopter AS355 F2 (2 units initially)
AS355 N (9 units initially)		 8 9M-PHG, 7/7/2010 crashed near Telaga Air, Sarawak[3]

9M-PHD, 31/12/2014 crashed at Kpg Rambai, Tanah Merah, Kelantan.[4]

AgustaWestland AW139 Police helicopter AW139 2 9M-PMB, 9M-PMC

4 Unit in order, Plan up to 6 unit

  • Gerak Khas
  • Roda-Roda Kuala Lumpur
  • Sindiket
  • Akademi Polis S2 to S6
  • Pasukan Gerakan Marin
  • J Revolusi
  • Esok Masih Ada

References

  1. ↑ "Four More AW139s For Police - Malaysian Defence". www.malaysiandefence.com. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  2. ↑ Ranter, Harro. "Accident Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter 9M-PSJ, 17 May 1989". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  3. ↑ Ranter, Harro. "Incident Aérospatiale AS 355N Ecureuil II 9M-PHG, 07 Jul 2010". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  4. ↑ Ranter, Harro. "Accident Aérospatiale AS 355F2 Ecureuil 2 9M-PHD, 31 Dec 2014". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
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