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Alaska Air National Guard and Army National Guard helicopter units responded to five requests for assistance involving nine people from May 24 to 28.

(Vertical HeliCASTS) – A new episode of The Vertical MRO Podcast features an interview with Richard Weiser, director of maintenance for the Glendale Burbank (California) Police Air Support Unit.

(WALA) – A US Navy helicopter made a hard landing Jun. 2 at Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Florida. The incident resulted in minor injuries to an instructor and a student pilot.

(KVOA) – Helicopter crews led 13 rescues at Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park over the past week as temperatures soared in the area, according to park officials.

(The Pioneer) – Two Mi-17 V5 helicopter crews rescued the residents from an area hit by landslides Jun. 3 in North Sikkim.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect Jul. 8, requires installing an electrical bonding-braid modification, as required in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency AD.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a correction for airworthiness directive (AD) ATA 25–Equipment/Furnishings–Hoist–Inspection. The original AD took effect Dec. 6, 2024.

The Irish company converted an option for 10 H175s into a firm order to purchase a total of 20 from Airbus.

The training and flight simulation provider has named Matthew Bromberg to the leadership role, succeeding Marc Parent. Bromberg previously worked as head of global operations for Northrup Grumman.

The company began the next phase of its flight-testing program with a piloted flight of its Midnight electric aircraft featuring conventional takeoff and landing operations on Jun. 2 in Santa Clara, California.