The South East Air Support Unit was a joint consortium established to provide police aviation for

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, Surrey Police and Hampshire Constabulary. It was formed in October 2010 and gained a single Police Air Operator's Certificate on 1 April 2011. It was previously managed by Inspector Steve Cheeseman, and operated from RAF Odiham in

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and

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. In 2012, the unit was absorbed into the National Police Air Service, which now provides all the police air support in England and Wales.

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Police aviation units of the United Kingdom Defunct organisations based in the United Kingdom 2010 establishments in England 2011 disestablishments in England {{police-stub

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