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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.

The Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (HART), a joint program of the Tennessee National Guard and the Nashville Fire Department, has upgraded from the Sikorsky UH-60L to a fleet of five UH-60V Black Hawks.

The Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority (NSIA) has determined that the pilot lost control of the helicopter after experiencing rotorcraft–pilot coupling, which caused strong vertical oscillations.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the flight instructor’s improper recovery from a practice autorotation.

(WJZ-TV) – The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office has introduced an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) program to deploy in response to incidents.

(Commercial UAV News) – In this Q&A, Matthew Swinney, head of image sensing solutions for Sony Europe, discusses the company’s digital imaging systems, how to best integrate them, and what the future holds for uncrewed systems in the construction sector.

(Task & Purpose) – Units from the Alaska Air National Guard, Army National Guard, and active-duty personnel responded to three aircraft crashes, an avalanche victim, and a long-distance recovery of one of their own helicopters during the last week of January.

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