Sgt. Tonya Foderingham, medic for the US Army Air Ambulance Detachment, 5th Aviation Battalion, prepares to hoist down to the ground to assist a patient during a medical evacuation training exercise at Fort Polk. Medevac training paid off recently when … Read more at Alexandria Town Talk.

They broke the speed of sound – causing a large boom to be heard for hundreds of miles across the country – and raced to the aid of the helicopter, flying near Bath, Somerset. But they were called back to their base after it emerged the aircraft had … Read more at Telegraph.co.uk.

Boeing is awarded a $98.8m contract for enhanced threat response redesign for the Massive Ordnance Penetrator. The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $98800000 not-to-exceed cost-plus-incentive-fee and firm-fixed-priced contract to procure … Read more at defpro.

BloombergChristie, a first-term Republican who has slashed lawmakers' spending requests and criticized officials who abuse taxpayer-funded perks, has more than tripled his use of state helicopters since June, when Democrats chided him for using the aircraft to … Read more at Philadelphia Inquirer.

- ReutersHELICOPTERS PURCHASE wants to buy helicopters for its military for some 3 billion zlotys ($948 mln) with US Sikorsky Aircraft and American-Italian AgustaWestland running in the tender, Rzeczpospolita writes. NOTE – For a diary of forthcoming … Read more at Factors to Watch on April 13.

He will meet staff and crew who will show him around the facilities. Crew will also present Simon with a pilot's uniform, before he takes to the skies in a fast response, state-of-the-art Agusta helicopter. … Read more at ITV News.

Telegraph.co.ukSonic boom rocks large part of Britain as two Typhoon jets are despatched to … Read more at Daily Mail.

Telegraph.co.ukSonic boom rocks large part of Britain as two Typhoon jets are despatched to … Read more at Daily Mail.

India TodayDaily News & AnalysisBy Hemanth CS | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA In August 2010, Air Commodore (Retd) R Assey, the flying instructor during Thursday's incident, was involved in a Chetak helicopter accident at HAL Airport. On August 27, 2010, a Chetak flown by Assey and … Read more at Daily News & Analysis.

India TodayDaily News & AnalysisBy Hemanth CS | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA In August 2010, Air Commodore (Retd) R Assey, the flying instructor during Thursday's incident, was involved in a Chetak helicopter accident at HAL Airport. On August 27, 2010, a Chetak flown by Assey and … Read more at Daily News & Analysis.