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(BBC) – The air medical charity is seeking approval to build a new base on farmland in Leicestershire after operating at Coventry Airport (EGBE) for more than 23 years.

(KEYT) – A California Highway Patrol helicopter crew from Paso Robles Municipal Airport (KPRB) transported the injured rider Feb. 14 from an area near Creston to a local hospital.

(The Japan Times) – The automaker is safeguarding its nearly $1 billion investment pledge to Joby by troubleshooting production processes and mulling a deeper role in manufacturing electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

(Dronelife) – The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) plans to train about 60 state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officers to operate drone-mitigation equipment ahead of World Cup soccer events that will start in June across 11 US cities. The World Cup will also take place at locations in Canada and Mexico.

(AIN) – Alpha Metalcraft Group believes it can reduce the cost and complexity of specialist manufacturing tasks such as applying the leading-edge guards that prolong the service life of carbon-fiber rotor blades.

(FlightGlobal) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron conducted a virtual inauguration of the H125 final assembly line in Karnataka.

The new 20,000-sq.-ft. Onboard Systems maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility in Anaheim employs 40 full-time technicians.

(KEYT) – A helicopter crew working for Edison transported five power-line poles to the Santa Barbara foothills Feb. 13 in California.

The FAA revisions, which take effect Mar. 19 for all aircraft in the US National Airspace System, will adopt miscellaneous amendments to the required IFR altitudes and changeover points for certain federal government airways, jet routes, or direct routes for which a minimum or maximum en route authorized IFR altitude is prescribed.

The new IFR-equipped Bell 407GXi will allow Mercy Air 15, an Air Methods operator in Kern County, California, to expand operations in low-visibility conditions, including tule fog.