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(Castanet) – A helicopter crew assisted a Central Okanagan Search and Rescue team with transporting an injured mountain biker May 10 from the Smith Creek trail network in West Kelowna, British Columbia.

Air Methods and Eagle III have extended their agreement to provide air medical services around Green Bay using an Airbus EC135 T2+.

(DVIDS) – A group of District of Columbia Army National Guard pilots conducted helicopter underwater egress training with members of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Apr. 23–24 at Fort Campbell in Kentucky.

The FAA has granted an extension of Exemption No. 18973C, which allows Part 91 and 135 operations using night-vision goggles (NVG) without a functioning radar altimeter at off-airport sites.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD) is effective Jun. 16. It requires inspecting the cables and bonding-braids installation and taking corrective action, if necessary, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency AD.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires installing a battery-discharge detector and revising the existing rotorcraft flight manual, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety AD, takes effect Jun. 16.

(The Defense Post) – The helicopter crashed into a reservoir while preparing to demonstrate a fast-roping exercise during a graduation ceremony May 9 at Maduru Oya National Park. The accident resulted in the deaths of six soldiers and injuries to six others onboard.

(WJLA) – The Fairfax County Police Department’s Helicopter Division responds to around 2,000 calls per year, or an average of 5 per day. They can be anywhere in Fairfax County within six minutes.

(Unofficial Networks) – A California Highway Patrol (CHP) helicopter crew worked with the San Luis Obispo Fire Department to airlift an injured hiker May 10 from the mountain.

(The Herald) – A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) helicopter crew is conducting water drops to assist firefighters on the ground with containing a wildfire that broke out May 10 near Fauldhouse, West Lothian.