28-Feb-24 - Air Center Helicopters (ACHI) signed an Airbus HCare maintenancte contract to support their fleet of 18 EC225/H225 helicopters for the next five years #SuperPuma
09-Mar-23 - Rotortrade, a global pre-owned distributor, acquired seven helicopters from Milestone Aviation including Airbus H225 and Bell 412 models #preowned
28-Sep-22 - Undisclosed U.S. operator leased another EC225 to support government worldwide missions. Several companies, including Air Center and Erickson are currently operating these helicopters under Department of Defense (DoD) contracts #leasing
23-Aug-22 - The US Air Force (USAF) training its Pararescuemen (PJ) on the Airbus H225 / EC225 helicopter operated by Texas-based company Air Center for real-life offshore rescue operations #rescue
10-Feb-21 - Air Center Helicopters Inc (ACHI) leased 11 EC225/H225 helicopters from Milestone Aviation. Will be delivered in 2021/22 for utility, training and transport missions for U.S. government contract operations ( VERTREP, CASEVAC, MEDEVAC ) #leasing
12-Aug-20 - An Air Center Helicopters EC225 transported NASA SpaceX crew dragon Demo-2 astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken from the recovery ship Go Navigator to Naval Air Station Pensacola after their splashdown off the coast of Florida #CrewDragon
31-Jan-20 - Heli-One, CHC MRO provider, developed several new EC225/H225 modifications including a modular medical equipment wall and stretcher installation to be used in Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) missions #ambulance
29-Jan-20 - Heli-Union extends lease agreement with Milestone for two AW139 and two EC225 for offshore oil and gas support in Angola, Gabon, Myanmar and Namibia #oilandgas
28-Jan-20 - Heli-One, CHC MRO division, will perform two Return-to-Service programs for 2 EC225/H225 stored at Rzeszow, Poland for helicopter distributor Rotortrade #H225
13-Nov-19 - Erickson is one of 17 companies selected by U.S. Dept of Defense’ Worldwide Airlift Services Program (WASP) under a 5-year contract. The U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) has $5.7B budget assigned for airlift services around the world #TRANSCOM
31-Oct-19 - Private contractor Air Center Helicopters (ACH) from Texas signed for Airbus’ HCare parts-by-the-hour support to cover 10 of the 17 second-hand EC225LP. These helicopters are currently contracted by U.S. Department of Defense for passenger transport, training, vertical replenishment and casualty evacuation missions around the world #Maintenance
16-Sep-19 - A Strategic Response Partners (SRP) teams arrived to Bahamas to evaluate the impacts of the massive oil spill that occurred due to the Hurricane Dorian #HurricaneDorian
17-Jun-19 - An Airbus H225/EC225 full flight simulator to be set up in Krementchuk, Ukraine for training of the 21 helicopters acquired last year with 4 already delivered. Eight of the 10 new H145/EC145T2 also ordered will be of the new five-bladed rotor variant #Ukraine
10-Jun-19 - The H225 “Megatron”, an EC225LP operated by Air Center Helicopters, replaced the old SA330 Puma aboard the US Navy’ resupply ship USNS Amelia Earheart #replenishment