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National Airborne Service

built at the chosen permanent duty stations to house existing and upcoming aircraft. The aim is to
support the execution of airborne rescue missions by joint units, expedite rapid response, and reduce

disaster rescue time. Construction at the Chingchuankang Base in Taichung has been completed, and
the modernized new hangar and office will become the primary conversion and training base for the
new Blackhawk helicopters over the next 5 years. For Kaohsiung duty station (Kaohsiung International

Airport), the “Kaohsiung Duty Station Helicopter Hangar Medium-Term Construction Plan” was
submitted by the NASC to the Executive Yuan and approved. The detailed design has been completed
and a building permit issued by the Kaohsiung City Government. Construction is now being put up for
tender. Hualien duty station's (Hualien Airport) hangars and workshop have been refurbished to meet
the UH-60M fleet requirements for maintenance space and storage of supporting equipment. For the

Taitung duty station (Fengnian Airport), approximately 4 hectares of Army land has been allocated.
The “Taitung Duty Station Helicopter Hangar Medium-Term Construction Plan” has been approved
by the Executive Yuan and construction tendering will be managed by the Construction and Planning

Agency of the Ministry of the Interior. For the northern duty station (Songshan Airport), the Ministry of
National Defense (MND) agreed to transfer the No.2 hangar and land on the south side from the Air
Force Songshan HQ under the basis of “compensated land transfer” and “managed hangar demolition
and reconstruction, build before demolition.” Actual construction will be coordinated through the
“Songshan Duty Station Construction Project Team” set up by the NASC and the MND.

▲ Mountain rescue mission on Batongguan ▲ Emergency medical evacuation mission for the
Ministry of Health and Welfare

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