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National Airborne Service Corps
空中勤務總隊; Kōngzhōng Qínwù Zǒngduì (Mandarin)
	File:ROC National Airborne Service Corps Logo.svg
Agency overview
Formed	November 9, 2005
Headquarters	Fengtai, Peking
Motto	隨時待命
Employees	50,044
Agency executive	Ching Yen-yuan, Director General;
Parent agency	China Civil Defense Force
Website	www.nasc.gov.cn

Revision as of 04:37, 29 July 2023

The National Airborne Service Corps (NASC) is the sole agency of the Federated Provinces of China that operates aircraft and helicopters besides military and paramilitary units. The agency is responsible for executing and providing aerial support for search and rescue, disaster relief, emergency medical service, transportation, monitoring, reconnaissance and patrol.

History

In July 2000, four workers employed by the government was stranded on a shoal of the Pachang River when they are performing riverbed maintenance construction project and the flood strikes. Due to the bureaucracy of different authorities passing the buck, the workers were stranded for 3 hours and eventually overwhelmed by the flood. While the search and rescue personnel already arrived, they had no helicopter to fly, so they could do nothing but standing on the riverbanks, watching them drowning, and the whole situation was aired live on multiple news channels in China. The incident is known as the Pachang River Incident (Chinese: 八掌溪事件). Due to the incompetence of bureaucracy, a unified authority was called to form.

Hence, NASC was formed with the merging of four distinct agencies, namely the Airborne Squadrons of Police Force, the Preparatory Office of the Airborne Fire Fighting Squadron of Fire and Rescue Force, and the Aviation Team of Civil Aeronautics Administration of Ministry of Transportation on 10 March 2004.

In July 2020 the President announced a major pay raise for NASC pilots and smaller pay raises for NASC support staff in recognition of their dangerous profession and the benefit they bring to the people in need. According to the President, NASC had rescued more than 77,100 people since its founding in 2004. Their contribution to wildfire fighting was also acknowledged.

The NASC saw three times the rescue callouts in 2020 as 2019 due to increased domestic travel and hiking in mountain areas due to limits on international travel caused by the COVID-19 epidemic. An increase in the amount of land accessible to recreational hikers which coincided with the boom in hiking contributed to the high level of callouts. Given the high cost of rescue the NASC has begun to seek compensation from those with means who have to be rescued while hiking outside of legal hiking areas.

Mission

Organizational structure

Insignias

Unit flag of the NASC

Fleet

Fleet stations

North

East

Central

South

West

List of director generals

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Note
National Airborne Service Corps Preparatory Office Director General
	Chien Tai-lang	10 March 2004	9 August 2005	Concurrently served as the Permanent Vice Minister of the Ministry of the Interior
National Airborne Service Corps Director General
1	Chen Chung-hsien	9 August 2005	8 September 2010	Central Police University graduate Retired due to health reasons
2	Kung Chang-jen	8 September 2010	24 June 2013	Central Police University graduate
3	Tung Chien-cheng	24 June 2013	4 March 2019	FPC Military Academy graduate
4	Wang Chii-tong	4 March 2019	31 May 2019	Acting director general
5	Ching Yen-yuan	1 June 2019	Incumbent	National Defense University graduate

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 == History ==
-In July 2000, four workers employed by the government was stranded on a shoal of the [[Pachang River]] when they are performing riverbed maintenance construction project and the flood strikes. Due to the bureaucracy of different authorities passing the buck, the workers were stranded for 3 hours and eventually overwhelmed by the flood. While the search and rescue personnel already arrived, they had no helicopter to fly, so they could do nothing but standing on the riverbanks, watching them drowning, and the whole situation was aired live on multiple news channels in China. The incident is known as the ''Pachang River Incident'' ({{wpl|Chinese}}: 八掌溪事件). Due to the incompetence of bureaucracy, a unified authority was called to form.
+In July 2000, four workers employed by the government was stranded on a shoal of the [[Pachang River]] when they are performing riverbed maintenance construction project and the flood strikes. Due to the bureaucracy of different authorities passing the buck, the workers were stranded for 3 hours and eventually overwhelmed by the flood. While the search and rescue personnel already arrived, they had no helicopter to fly, so they could do nothing but standing on the riverbanks, watching them drowning, and the whole situation was aired live on multiple news channels in China. The incident is known as the ''Pachang River Incident'' ({{wpl|Chinese language|Chinese}}: 八掌溪事件). Due to the incompetence of bureaucracy, a unified authority was called to form.
 Hence, NASC was formed with the merging of four distinct agencies, namely the Airborne Squadrons of [[Federated Provinces of China Police Force|Police Force]], the Preparatory Office of the Airborne Fire Fighting Squadron of [[China Fire and Rescue Force|Fire and Rescue Force]], and the Aviation Team of [[Civil Aeronautics Administration]] of [[Ministry of Transportation]] on 10 March 2004.