page_title: Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex
section_title: Kent Air Ambulance
hierarchical_section_title: Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex / Formation and history / Kent Air Ambulance
caption_attribution_description: At Gloucestershire Airport.
context_page_description: The Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex is an organisation providing emergency medical services through the provision of a helicopter air ambulance covering the three English counties of Kent, Surrey and Sussex which are served by the South East Coast Ambulance Service. The helicopters are funded by the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust which is a registered charity, raising money from public and private donations in excess of £14 million every year.
context_section_description: The Kent Air Ambulance Trust became a registered charity established in 1989, serving only Kent. The trust was founded by Kate Chivers, and was originally called the South East Thames Air Ambulance.  
  It initially operated on a part-time basis, but became a seven-day service in January 2000. Shortly afterwards it moved from  Rochester Airport to a new base at Marden near Maidstone.
  It operated one McDonnell Douglas MD 902 Explorer helicopter, registration G-KAAT, from its headquarters in Marden.
caption: G-KSSA and G-KSST
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