My town has two helicopters. No idea why - no other town in Connecticut has any at all.
Well, we do have the Sikorsky plant here!
There is definitely a purpose to having air capabilities but it’s no such that every town or county needs them.
My state has a state police medevac fleet. A friend of mine commands one of the units.
They do a great job with life flights and SAR. I assume they are also on call for law enforcement purposes.
Great one!
FMC used to have a test track in Santa Clara (next to the San Jose airport). Saw Bradleys airborn on occasion. 80’s
There must be ordinances against that now. Pun intended.