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Officials in the capital of Finland are conducting test flights using drones to deliver medical supplies to the Laajasalo Health Station through Nov. 7.

(KNBC) – A group from the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s international search-and-rescue (SAR) team left for Jamaica Oct. 30 to support response efforts following Hurricane Melissa. The team includes 34 people, 4 canines, and 42,000 lb. of equipment. The Fairfax County (Virginia) Fire Department has also activated its international SAR team to help with hurricane response efforts.

(Global Defense News) – The purchase of the additional Leonardo attack helicopters will expand the Italian Army’s fleet to 48 AW249s as part of a replacement program for the A129 Mangusta.

(KUSA) – The usefulness of a fleet of four helicopters that Colorado purchased over the past five years for firefighting depends on whom you ask. “We have fundamentally changed the way we approach wildfires in the state of Colorado, and that comes with growing pains,” explains Mike Morgan, director of the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control, who commissioned an internal report.

(The Himalayan) – The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) issued Circular 12/2025, which outlines stricter safety rules for winter and high-altitude flights, following an Oct. 29 helicopter crash in Lobuche near the Everest Region.

(KOLD) – According to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, the suspect threw a rock at the helicopter, resulting in damages to a rotor blade, Oct. 28 in mountains near Sasabe, Arizona.

(ORIX) – Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft companies conducted public demonstration flights during Expo 2025, which took place earlier this year in Osaka, Kansai.

Five Air Methods employees received 2025 Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) Community awards and eight received “40 Under 40: Rising Leaders in Medical Transport” awards during this week’s Air Medical Transport Conference in Omaha, Nebraska.

The operators joined representatives from Airbus at this week’s Air Medical Transport Conference in Omaha, Nebraska, to cut the ribbon on a new H145 D3 that will join ChristianaCare’s air medical fleet.