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VAI Daily

Sep. 4, 2025

National Guard UH-60 crews have saved more than 1,000 this year

According to submissions to Sikorsky’s customer awards program, US National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crews have rescued more than 1,000 people across various missions during 2025.

VAI Daily

Sep. 3, 2025

USCG helicopter airlifts patient from Lake Superior freighter (VIDEO)

(Click On Detroit/YouTube) – The US Coast Guard (USCG) MH-60 helicopter, dispatched from Traverse City, Michigan, on Sep. 1, transported the patient to Sanderson Field Airport (KANJ) in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, where emergency medical personnel awaited.

VAI Daily

Sep. 3, 2025

Florida Keys get new lifesaving helicopters (VIDEO)

(Local 10 News) – Two years after funding was approved, the Florida Keys are getting a new fleet of Trauma Star helicopters. Two of the three Leonardo AW139s arrived last week at the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office aviation hangar in Marathon.

VAI Daily

Sep. 3, 2025

Former EASA executive director Patrick Ky joins Vertical Aerospace board

(Business Wire) – The appointment of Ky to Vertical Aerospace’s board of directors enhances the company’s regulatory expertise and certification leadership.

VAI Daily

Sep. 3, 2025

USMC CH-53K helicopter lifts F-35B from Patuxent River

(Defence Industry Europe) – A US Marine Corps (USMC) CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter transported an inoperable F-35B Lightning II airframe from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, on Aug. 27.

VAI Daily

Sep. 3, 2025

AMO helicopter crew conducts rescue near Mammoth Cave (VIDEO)

A helicopter crew from Air and Marine Operations (AMO), an operational component of US Customs and Border Protection, rescued a hiker near Mammoth Cave in the Franklin Mountains in El Paso, Texas, Aug. 30.

VAI Daily

Sep. 3, 2025

Central Copters deploys new tank system for firefighting Black Hawks (VIDEO)

(NBC Montana) – Belgrade, Montana–based aerial firefighting company Central Copters is rolling out Recoil Aerospace’s Tsunami Internal Aerial Fire Suppression System (AFSS) Tank this wildfire season. The 790-gal. tank is FAA certified for use on UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.

VAI Daily

Sep. 3, 2025

Helicopter loses contact in Borneo forest

(ABC News) – An Airbus BK 117 D-3 helicopter carrying eight people lost contact in a forest on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo eight minutes after takeoff Sep. 1.

VAI Daily

Sep. 3, 2025

Proposed EASA AD: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland H160-B

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting feedback through Sep. 29 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 25 – Equipment/Furnishings – Emergency Location Transmitter Mounting Tray – Replacement.

VAI Daily

Sep. 3, 2025

EASA AD: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland/MBB BK 117

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 25 – Equipment/Furnishings – Large Hook Damper Assembly – Modification, takes effect Sep. 15.