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Appealing for a fourth air ambulance
The U.K.'s County Air Ambulance is campaigning to raise the £1 million needed to base a fourth helicopter in Staffordshire which will make it the largest air ambulance operator in the U.K.

The U.K.'s County Air Ambulance is campaigning to raise the £1 million needed to base a fourth helicopter in Staffordshire which will make it the largest air ambulance operator in the U.K.

It currently operates three EC135s based at RAF Cosford in Shropshire, Strensham on the M5 motorway in Worcestershire, and East Midlands airport.

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