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(WVLT) – A Tennessee National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crew rescued an injured hiker Apr. 30 from Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

(US Attorney’s Office) – A District of Idaho court handed out a 35-month prison sentence to a man convicted of pointing a laser at a Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office helicopter in August 2024.

(CBC) – According to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, a Horizon Helicopters AS350B that departed on a test flight from Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport (CYXY) in Yukon went down May 2 with two pilots onboard.

(Irish Independent) – An Irish Coast Guard helicopter crew assisted search teams with finding a missing fisher May 3 at Lough Corrib.

(Aberdeen Live) – An HM Coastguard crew assisted local rescue teams with transporting an injured hiker May 3 from a mountain in Aberdeenshire.

(Reuters) – The New Zealand government has set aside NZ$2 billion (US$1.19 billion) to replace the New Zealand Defence Force’s fleet of aging naval helicopters.

(New Zealand Herald) – New Zealand’s Northern Rescue Helicopter is welcoming its first Leonardo AW169 as part of a fleet renewal program. The new helicopter will enhance emergency medical response in Auckland and Northland.

(WJLA) – According to the FAA, air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) gave go-around instructions to three commercial airliners May 4 as a US Park Police (USPP) helicopter responded to an urgent mission.

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is requesting public comments through Jul. 7 about its proposal to continue collecting safety data from the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) and Voluntary Safety Reporting System (VSRS).

(Ocala-News.com) – Helicopter crews picked up water from Brim Pond, Church Lake, and Lake Waldena as part of efforts to extinguish wildfires in the Ocala National Forest near Lynne.