Apr 17 2025

FAA Accident Report: UKIAH, CA Posted by Admin

AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BIRD CRACKING THE WINDSHIELD, UKIAH, CA.

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Apr 17 2025

HELICOPTER DELIVERY TO UKRAINE COMPLETE | OTHER AVIATION COMPANIES CHALLENGED TO DONATE ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT FOR UKRAINIAN RELIEF EFFORTS Posted by Admin

Richmond, B.C. (April 15, 2025): The fully operational, medically equipped Sikorsky S-76A helicopter Helijet recently donated from its fleet for medical airlift use in Ukraine has arrived safely. Ukrainian engineers trained by Helijet in the aircraft’s service and maintenance procedures have received the packaged helicopter for reassembly and testing before pressing it into service.

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Apr 17 2025

SKYTRAC Announces New Real-Time HUMS Solution for the Sikorsky S-92® Helicopter Posted by Admin

KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA,  April 16, 2025  – SKYTRAC Systems Ltd (SKYTRAC), a global leader in satellite communications (satcom) and intelligent connectivity solutions, and Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, today announced an agreement regarding the development of a next-generation real-time health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) for the S-92® helicopter.

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Apr 17 2025

UK ‘Reluctant’ to Share Technology Within GCAP Partnership, Italian Defense Minister Claims Posted by RSS Feed

Guido Crosetto, Italy’s Minister of Defense, has accused the GCAP partner of neglecting to share

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Apr 17 2025

FLIGHT ADVISORY GPS INTERFERENCE TESTING ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE (RAFBGA) 25-32 Posted by RSS Feed

FLIGHT ADVISORYGPS INTERFERENCE TESTING FLIGHT ADVISORY GPS INTERFERENCE TESTING ROBINS AIR FORCE

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Apr 16 2025

New Side Image of China’s Next Gen J-XDS Stealth Jet Surfaces, Confirms Canopy Design Posted by RSS Feed

New photo from recent flight offers clearest view yet of the stealth aircraft’s profile, providing

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Apr 16 2025

New Toll-Free Number for Alaska Pilots Posted by RSS Feed

New Toll-Free Number for Alaska PilotsA new toll-free number is available for pilots in Alaska.

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Apr 16 2025

FAA Accident Report: AMBOY, WA Posted by Admin

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ENGINE ISSUES AND PERFORMED AN AUTOROTATION LANDING HARD, AMBOY, WA

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Apr 16 2025

Japan’s First Flight Was 7 Years After Wright Brothers Posted by RSS Feed

Japan’s first flight closely followed America’s, inspired by the Wright Brothers’ groundbreaking

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Apr 16 2025

B-2 Stealth Bombers Are Using GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators in Yemen – Reports Posted by RSS Feed

The B-2 bombers operating out of Diego Garcia have been reportedly using 30,000 lb GBU-57 Massive

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Apr 16 2025

Los Angeles / Santa Barbara Low Flying Violations Posted by RSS Feed

There has been a significant number of minimum safe altitude violations in the Southern California

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Apr 15 2025

Swedish Government Seeks Approval for Saab Gripen Sale to Peru, GlobalEye Sale to Denmark Posted by RSS Feed

Sweden’s Parliament has to approve the intergovernmental sales, which include four GlobalEye AEW&C

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Apr 15 2025

First Two Gulfstream G650ERs Delivered to Italian Air Force Posted by RSS Feed

The new G650ER aircraft will take over the urgent medical transport missions currently assigned to

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Apr 15 2025

FAA Accident Report: CHINO, CA Posted by Admin

AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING, CHINO, CA.

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Apr 15 2025

FAA Issues Grounding Order for New York Helicopter Charter Inc. and Begins Comprehensive Review of Company's Operations Posted by Admin

The FAA has issued an emergency order grounding New York Helicopter Charter, Inc., which operated the Bell 206 helicopter that crashed Thursday in the Hudson River. The FAA is taking this action in part because after the company’s director of operations voluntarily shut down flights, he was fired. 

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Apr 15 2025

Saint-Nazaire: The U-Boat Base That Defied 2,000 Allied Sorties Posted by RSS Feed

On 9 November 1942, 31 B-17s and 12 B-24s took off from England and attacked the German U-boat base

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Apr 15 2025

B-21 Raider Expected to Arrive at Ellsworth AFB in ‘Mid 2020s’ Posted by RSS Feed

Speaking at the Black Hills Defense & Industry Symposium, U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman

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Apr 14 2025

Breeze Airways Aims to Serve 150 Cities by 2030 Posted by RSS Feed

Breeze Airways has plans to more than double its footprint by the end of the decade. On 3 April, at

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Apr 14 2025

Dutch F-35 Executes First Live Classified Data Share With C2 System Outside the U.S. Posted by RSS Feed

The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) achieved a first-of-its-kind milestone during the Ramstein

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Apr 14 2025

Aviano’s F-16s Practice Integrated Air Missile Defense During Combat Archer UK Posted by RSS Feed

The 555th FS deployed to RAF Lakenheath for live-fire air-to-air weapon employment, saving millions

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Apr 14 2025

RECOIL COMPLETES FAA FLIGHT TEST OF UH-60 INTERNAL AERIAL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM TANK Posted by Admin

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, April 13, 2025  Recoil Aerospace Inc. (Recoil), the US-based designer of the world’s most advanced rotorcraft aerial fire suppression systems (AFSS), recently completed key steps toward approval of its Internal AFSS tank for the UH-60 Black Hawk series helicopter. 

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Apr 14 2025

NTSB Preliminary Report: Mountain Home Park, WA Posted by Admin

On March 19, 2025, at 1228 Pacific daylight time, a Bell 206B II, N23SD, was substantially damaged when it impacted electrical cables and terrain near Mountain Home Park, Washington. The commercial pilot was fatally injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 agricultural flight.

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Apr 14 2025

Flight Advisory (GPS Interference Testing Posted by RSS Feed

FLIGHT ADVISORYGPS INTERFERENCE TESTINGGULF AREA FREQUENCY COORDINATORFLORIDA (GAFCFL) 25-0217

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Apr 14 2025

NTSB Preliminary Report: Chamblee, GA Posted by Admin

NTSB Preliminary Report: Chamblee, GA

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Apr 14 2025

FAA Accident Report: New York, NY Posted by Admin

AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE HUDSON RIVER, NEW YORK, NY.

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Apr 14 2025

FAA Drone Detection Testing Posted by Admin

The FAA will conduct drone-detection testing in Cape May, New Jersey, between April 14-25. 

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Apr 14 2025

More Power, More Possibilities: Vertical Flight Solutions Earns FAA Approval for EC130 and H125/AS350 Tailboom Lithium-Ion Battery Kits Posted by Admin

Vertical Flight Solutions (VFS) by EuroTec has received three new FAA STC approvals for True Blue Power Lithium-Ion Battery Kits installed in the tailboom. The kits are now FAA approved for the TB20 battery in the EC130 and both the TB20/TB30 in the H125/AS350 series helicopters.

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Apr 14 2025

French Air Force Fields Heavily Upgraded Mirage 2000D RMV Posted by RSS Feed

The Mirage 2000D underwent a mid-life update to better adapt to the demands of contemporary

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Apr 13 2025

Leidos Black Arrow Successfully Tested from AC-130J Ghostrider Gunship Posted by RSS Feed

The Black Arrow Small Cruise Missile flew for an extended period, meeting all test objectives, with

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Apr 13 2025

An Aircraft so Bad it Made People Literally Sick: The Republic XF-84H “Thunderscreech” Posted by RSS Feed

The XF-84H was an ambitious project to reverse-engineer a jet-powered F-84 into a prop-driven

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