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(The Independent) – A National Police Air Service helicopter crew captured footage of fireworks lighting up the skies above the United Kingdom capital as residents rang in the new year on Jan. 1.

The Santiago-based operator’s plans for the fire season in Chile include the deployment of seven helicopters—two Airbus AS350 B3s, three Super Pumas, and two Erickson Air-Cranes.

VAI is seeking nominations for four open operator positions on our Board of Directors for the term Jul. 1, 2026, through Jun. 30, 2029. We welcome thought leaders from across the industry.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD) requires incorporating new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations into the existing maintenance manual or instructions for continued airworthiness and the existing approved maintenance or inspection program, as applicable. The AD takes effect Feb. 6.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect Feb. 6, requires repetitive tap inspections of certain part-numbered main-rotor blades and, if necessary, repairing or replacing them.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect Feb. 6, requires inspecting hoist hooks and hook nuts and replacing them, if damaged. It also prohibits the installation of a damaged hook or nut on any helicopter.

(AIN) – The midair collision between an Enstrom F-28A and an Enstrom 280C Shark on Dec. 28, 2025, near Hammonton Municipal Airport in Atlantic County resulted in the deaths of two pilots.

Dan Power, pilot with PHI Aviation, details the corrective actions he took after a low-level bird strike involving a US Department of Justice Bell 407 in the latest edition of the US Helicopter Safety Team newsletter.

(POWER UP magazine) – Now that public comments are closed, here’s what’s next for this era-defining FAA regulation.

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has added unmanned aircraft systems and critical components produced in countries outside the United States to its covered list.