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Steve Townes, Chairman of Texas Aviation Services and its parent company, Ranger Aerospace and Aeronautics Inc., said: "TAS has over twenty years of experience in creating 'flying emergency rooms' for air medical customers. Our strategic teaming with Lifeport, combined with Ranger's proven access to growth capital, means we can focus even more on the unique needs of our air medical customers."

Texas Aviation Services, with 140,000 square feet of facilities at Meacham Field in Fort Worth TX, is an independent helicopter technical services company with 36 years of successful history. TAS specializes in both civilian and military helicopter completions, retrofits, MRO, avionics systems integration, interiors, paint, component overhaul, and engineering. Originally founded in 1971, TAS performs complex customizing projects on civilian Bell, Eurocopter, and other helicopter types; and extensive retrofits on military Blackhawk and other government or law enforcement operated special-mission helicopters. The Meacham Airport operations are one of the largest of their type in the Mid-South, with capacity for scores of helicopter projects annually. Additional information is available on the Web at: http://www.texasaviationservices.com. TAS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranger Aerospace & Aeronautics, Inc. (http://www.rangeraerospace.com).