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The FAA is seeking comments by Jan. 23, 2026, on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would supersede AD 2025-05-09, issued Apr. 4, 2025. The proposed AD would require revisions to the airworthiness limitations section of the existing maintenance manual or instructions for continued airworthiness, as well as the existing approved maintenance or inspection program, as applicable.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect Jan. 13, 2026, requires repetitively inspecting certain swashplates for cracks and, if necessary, removing and replacing each cracked swashplate. The AD also prohibits installation of an affected swashplate unless it has passed inspection requirements.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the incident to be the local controller’s loss of situational awareness, inadequate provision of traffic advisory or safety alert information, and lack of positive control, which nearly resulted in a midair collision.

The FAA has approved the 1,000-gal. capacity version of Recoil Aerospace’s Tsunami External wildfire suppression tank for the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect Jan. 12, 2026, requires modifying the main-gearbox suspension-bar link and installing new bolts. It also prohibits installing certain parts. The AD supersedes AD 2020-06-13, issued Apr. 6, 2020.

The FAA is accepting comments through Jan. 22, 2026, on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would reduce life-limit intervals for affected bearing stacks and require replacement of an affected bearing stack before exceeding these intervals.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD) supersedes AD 2021-20-16, issued Oct. 18, 2021. The new AD, which takes effect Jan. 12, 2026, retains existing actions while requiring the replacement of the upper-fin assembly with a modified upper-fin assembly, which constitutes a terminating action for repetitive inspections.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD) retains the actions of AD 2024-10-13 while removing some helicopters from applicability, adding a requirement to inspect the inner surface of the fuel-filter bowls, and revising the tightening torque. The AD becomes effective Jan. 12, 2026.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which retains the actions of AD 2020-06-12, issued Apr. 6, 2020, also requires the modification of the main-gearbox suspension bar, inspection of the torque, and corrective actions, if necessary. It takes effect Jan. 12, 2026.