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(Australian Broadcasting Corp.) – Helicopter crews conducted water drops to help contain bushfires Dec. 7 in Koolewong.

(WREG) – The Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T) has inducted DigiFlight CEO Stanford Oliver into its Academy of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineers.

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.

(AirMed&Rescue) – Davenport will install mission equipment on the new Airbus H125 before delivering it to the New Mexico State Police (NMSP).

(AIN) – Takeaways from last week’s AERO Asia 2025 in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, included how countries in the region are following their own path to get advanced air mobility (AAM) operations up and running.

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.