Editing Eurocopter EC135 (section)

{{short description|Small utility helicopter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2023}}
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{{Infobox aircraft
| name = EC135<br>H135
| image = File:EC-135 - RIAT 2011 (6199185182).jpg
| caption = An EC135T2 used by the [[National Police Air Service]] for England & Wales
| alt = Close up of blue and yellow helicopter hovering
| type = Light [[utility helicopter]]
| national_origin = Multinational
| manufacturer =[[Airbus Helicopters]] (Since 2014)<br> [[Eurocopter]] 
| designer = 
| first_flight = 15 February 1994
| introduction = 1996
| retired = 
| status = In service
| primary_user = 
| more_users = 
| produced = 1995–present
| number_built = 1400 (Sep. 2020)<ref name=Airbus29jan2018/>
| developed_from = [[MBB Bo 105]]
| variants = [[Eurocopter EC635]]
}}

The '''Airbus Helicopters H135''', formerly '''Eurocopter EC135''', is a twin-engine civil light [[utility helicopter]] produced by [[Airbus Helicopters]]. It is capable of flight under [[instrument flight rules]] (IFR) and is outfitted with a digital automatic flight control system (AFCS). First flying in February 1994, it entered service in 1996. 1,400 have been delivered up to September 2020, to 300 operators in 60 countries, accumulating over 5 million flight hours. It is mainly used for [[Air medical services|air medical transport]] ([[Medical evacuation|medevac]]), corporate transport, law enforcement, offshore wind support, and military flight training. Half of them are in Europe and a quarter in North America. The H135M, certified under the name [[Eurocopter EC635]], is a military variant, so the overall design is known as the Airbus Helicopters H135 and the military version, as the  Airbus Helicopters H135M. The EC135/H135 is a development of the  earlier [[MBB Bo 105|Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) Bo 105]].