In Australian Service : AS-350BA Squirrel

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) basic helicopter training had been carried out by the RAAF at Fairbairn on the UH-1B Iroquois since 1962. Twenty years later, these early model ‘Hueys’ were overdue for replacement. In August 1982, the Minister for Defence announced a $23 million order for 18 AS-350B Squirrels: twelve