page_title: AgustaWestland AW139
section_title: Military operators
hierarchical_section_title: AgustaWestland AW139 / Operators / Military operators
caption_attribution_description: English: AFM AW139
context_page_description: The AgustaWestland AW139 is a 15-seat medium-sized twin-engined helicopter developed and built by AgustaWestland, now called Leonardo. It is marketed at several different roles, including VIP/corporate transport, offshore transport, fire fighting, law enforcement, search and rescue, emergency medical service, disaster relief, and maritime patrol. In addition to AgustaWestland's manufacturing facilities in Italy and the United States, the AW139 is produced in Russia by HeliVert, a joint venture between AgustaWestland and Russian Helicopters.
  The AW139 was originally designed and developed jointly by Agusta and Bell Helicopters and marketed as the Agusta-Bell AB139, being redesignated AW139 when Bell withdrew from the project. Since entering service in 2003, the AW139 has become one of AgustaWestland's most influential products; it has been subsequently developed into two enlarged medium-lift helicopters, the military-orientated AW149 and the AW189 for the civil market.
context_section_description:  Algeria
  Algerian Air Force
  Algerian Navy
   Australia
  Royal Australian Air Force (contracted with CHC Helicopter)
   Bangladesh
  Bangladesh Air Force
   Cyprus
  Cyprus Air Force
   Egypt
  Egyptian Air Force
   Ivory Coast
  Ivory Coast Air Force
   Ireland
  Irish Air Corps
   Italy
  Italian Air Force
  Guardia Costiera
   Kenya
  Kenya Air Force
   Lebanon
  Lebanese Air Force
   Libya
  Libyan Air Force
   Malta
  Maltese Air Wing
     Nepal
  Nepalese Army Air Service
   Nigeria
  Nigerian Air Force
  Nigerian Navy
   Pakistan
  Pakistan Air Force
  Pakistan Army
   Panama
  National Air of Panama
   Qatar
  Qatar Emiri Air Force
   Senegal
  Senegalese Air Force
   Thailand
  Royal Thai Army
   Trinidad and Tobago
  Trinidad & Tobago Air Guard
   Turkmenistan
  Turkmen Air Force
   United Arab Emirates
  UAE Air Force
   United States
  United States Air Force
  96th Test Wing
  413th Flight Test Squadron
  582nd Helicopter Group
  37th Helicopter Squadron (planned)
  40th Helicopter Squadron (planned)
  54th Helicopter Squadron (planned)
  11th Wing
  1st Helicopter Squadron (planned)
caption: A Maltese Air Wing AW139
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