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French Navy Receives Its Fourth H160 Interim Helicopter
French Navy Receives Its Fourth H160 Interim Helicopter, 24-Sep-23 Babcock delivered the fourth of six Airbus H160 FI maritime search and rescue (SAR) interim helicopter to the French Navy
Airbus Unveils PioneerLab Flying Laboratory Helicopter
Airbus Unveils PioneerLab Flying Laboratory Helicopter, 25-Sep-23 Airbus unveils PioneerLab, its new twin-engine flying laboratory based on the H145 but with an hybrid electric propulsion system and aerodynamic improvements
Coptersafety’s Busy Summer 2023
Coptersafety’s Busy Summer 2023, 22-Sep-23 Coptersafety, a helicopter training provider, offers a mission update with the latest news from its Helsinki, Finland base
Black Hawk in Rescue Near Gold King Creek, Alaska
Black Hawk in Rescue Near Gold King Creek, Alaska, 23-Sep-23 A Sikorsky HH-60L Black Hawk medevac helicopter from the 1-52 General Support Aviation Battalion (1-52 GSAB), 16th Combat Aviation Brigade (16th CAB) completed an aeromedical evacuation of a hunter near Gold King Creek, Alaska
MD Helicopters Refurbished Parts from Able Aerospace
MD Helicopters Refurbished Parts from Able Aerospace, 26-Sep-23 MD Helicopters (MDH) collaborates with Able Aerospace for parts refurbishment and reduced costs for customers
TrakkaBeam System for Pinal County Sheriff’s Huey
TrakkaBeam System for Pinal County Sheriff’s Huey, 23-Sep-23 Pinal County Sheriff’s UH-1 Huey search-and-rescue helicopter in Arizona has been outfitted with a TrakkaBeam TLXc. This system includes a High-Intensity Search Light (HISL) and features close-range camera-based situational awareness with electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) capabilities
Timberland  Bell 206 in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission
Timberland Bell 206 in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission, 26-Sep-23 A Bell 206 helicopter, operated by Timberland Helicopters, assisted in the historic recovery of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission at the Utah desert’s Dugway Proving Ground
Helicopter Institute Awarded USN IFT-R COPTR Contract
Helicopter Institute Awarded USN IFT-R COPTR Contract, 26-Sep-23 Helicopter Institute Inc (HII) at Fort Worth, Texas awarded the US Navy Initial Flight Training Rotary (IFT-R) contract using Bell 206. The Contractor Only Pilot Training – Rotary (COPTR) will support the Naval Air Training Command (NATC) in their existing helicopter training programs.
Poland Minister of Defense Visits Boeing Apache Site
Poland Minister of Defense Visits Boeing Apache Site, 27-Sep-23 Poland’s Minister of Defense, Mariusz Błaszczak, visited the Boeing Mesa site in Arizona, where the 96 AH-64E helicopters ordered for the Polish Army are being built
South Dakota Air Ambulance Carrying Life-Saving Whole Blood
South Dakota Air Ambulance Carrying Life-Saving Whole Blood, 27-Sep-23 South Dakota’ Black Hills Life Flight helicopters now carries life-saving whole blood, the first community-based air ambulance service in the state with this capability



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