STATE POLICE TO MARK FULL-SERVICE MISSION OPERATION OF NEW AW-139 HELICOPTER "Trooper 2" IN DC METRO REGION

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 1, 2014

MEDIA ADVISORY

STATE POLICE TO MARK FULL-SERVICE MISSION OPERATION

OF NEW AW-139 HELICOPTER IN DC METRO REGION

(LANHAM, MD) -- Maryland State Police Superintendent Colonel Marcus L. Brown will join Delegate Marvin E. Holmes Jr., Acting Co-Executive Director Patricia Gainer, of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services System, and other state and local officials at FedEx Field to officially mark the commencement of full-service mission operation of the new AgustaWestland AW 139 helicopter in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.  The pilots and flight paramedics who staff “Trooper 2” at the Washington Section have now been fully trained on the new aircraft.  They have begun flying the new helicopter around the clock on all Aviation Command missions. 

         In addition to the new AW 139 helicopter, other aircraft from allied law enforcement in the region will be on display.     

WHAT:       MARYLAND STATE POLICE ‘TROOPER 2’ MARKS

                  COMMENCEMENT OF FULL-SERVICE OPS IN AW-139

WHEN:       TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2014  1:00 P.M.

WHERE:      FedEx Field

                  Club Level Suites

                  Adjacent to Parking Lot “D”

                  1600 FedEx Way

                  Landover, MD  20785 

CONTACT: Greg Shipley – Office of Media Communications – 410-653-4236