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Crews from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 14 conducted a search-and-rescue demo during Northern Edge 2025, Aug. 17–22 in Dutch Harbor.

(NDTV) – The Mi-17 crash Sep. 1 in Gilgit-Baltistan resulted in the deaths of two pilots, two crew members, and a flight engineer, according to the military.

This FAA airworthiness directive, which takes effect Oct. 7, requires the inspection and replacement, if necessary, of the tail-rotor tension-torsion bar. It also prohibits the use of certain maintenance manuals.

(WOOD) – A reporter recalls flying to New Orleans, Louisiana, in a helicopter to cover Hurricane Katrina for the Grand Rapids Press in 2005.

Meridian International Center CEO Stuart Holliday, a former US ambassador to the United Nations, will serve in the newly created role.

Rob Wiesenthal, founder and CEO of Blade Air Mobility, will continue to lead the company as a Joby subsidiary.

VAI offices will be closed Monday, Sep. 1, 2025, in observance of Labor Day, a US federal holiday. VAI Daily will not be published on that day. The newsletter will resume publication when the association’s offices reopen Tuesday, Sep. 2.

A US Coast Guard Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk crew located and transported a pilot whose small aircraft had not returned from the Chilkat Mountains Aug. 23 near Haines, Alaska.

Sikorsky has named Ace Aeronautics an authorized customer support center for the UH/HH-60L and S-70A Black Hawk.

Bell sponsors the annual Marine Corps Aviation Association (MCAA) John P. Giguere Award. This year’s winner is Marine Light Attack Helicopter (HMLA) 367, which flies AH-1Z Vipers and UH-1Y Venoms.