Resource Hub

The US Air Force 129th Rescue Wing, a unit of the California Air National Guard (ANG), received two HH-60W Jolly Green IIs earlier this month at Moffett Federal Airfield (KNUQ) in Santa Clara County. The HH-60Ws are part of a six-helicopter order that will replace an existing fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawks.

(AIN) – The Tata Group and Airbus Helicopters are close to confirming the location of an H125 final assembly line in India, with Bengaluru reportedly emerging from a short list of five possible locations.

(Backpacker magazine) – A Honolulu Fire Department helicopter crew airlifted two injured hikers from the Sacred Falls Trail Feb. 9 in Oahu.

During a Feb. 14 press conference, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Jennifer Homendy outlined preliminary information obtained from aircraft data and voice recorders and air traffic control sources related to the investigation of the Jan. 29 midair collision between a US Army helicopter and a regional jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA).

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the fatigue failure of the fuel control unit control lever arm, which resulted in fuel starvation and a loss of engine power.

(Yukon News) – An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk crew rescued the pilot and passenger of a small aircraft Jan. 26 near Faro, Yukon.

(Global Defense News) – The 550th Helicopter Squadron at Malmstrom US Air Force Base in Montana has reached a milestone in integrating the MH-139A Grey Wolf into the US military’s nuclear security operations.

The progress in VAI and VLinc’s Operational Risk and Resilience Accreditation (ORRA) program demonstrates the Botswana–based company’s commitment to strengthening safety.

(Men’s Journal) – Helicopter crews from the Alaska Army National Guard assisted state troopers and rescue crews from the US Forest Service and Girdwood Fire and Rescue with extricating two stranded ice skaters from Portage Lake Feb. 10.

The Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) has purchased 17 CH-47 Block II Chinooks from Boeing and Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) to replace some of its helicopters currently in service.