UK Retires Puma Helicopter After 54 Years of Service
London (Agencies): The United Kingdom has officially retired its Airbus Puma HC2 medium-lift helicopters after 54 years of service, marking the end of an era for the Royal Air Force…
India Grounds Entire Fleet of HAL Dhruv Helicopters After 23 Crashes
New Delhi (Agencies): India has grounded its entire fleet of HAL Dhruv helicopters following 23 crashes, with 330 out of 410 helicopters now grounded. The decision comes after a fatal…
Helicopter Collides with Radio Tower and Crashes in Houston killing 4 Including a Child
Houston, USA (Agencies): A tragic accident occurred on Sunday night when a helicopter collided with a radio tower in Houston, causing a massive explosion.The Robinson R44 helicopter, which was on…
Indonesian Air Force orders four Airbus H145 helicopters
Jakarta (Agencies): Airbus Helicopters has secured a contract to supply the Indonesian Air Force with four five-bladed H145 airframes, the company announced on 18 September. Under the contract, Airbus Helicopters…
US Approves Sale of Additional AH-64E Apache helicopters to South Korea
Washington (Agencies): The US Department of State has approved a possible sale of 36 new Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to South Korea under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme.…
Iraq receives 7 new Bell training helicopters
Baghdad (Agencies): Iraq’s Army Aviation Command received last week the first batch of Bell 505 helicopters that will be used in training missions. A ceremony was held at Baghdad International…
Germany Bids Farewell to Sea King Helicopters After Nearly 50 Years
Berlin (Agencies): Germany has officially retired its Westland Sea King Mk 41 helicopters, marking the end of an era that spanned nearly five decades. The final Sea King was flown…
Helicopter Crash in Nepal Claims Five Lives
Kathmandu (Agencies): A helicopter crash in central Nepal on Wednesday resulted in the deaths of all five people on board, including the pilot and four Chinese tourists. The Air Dynasty…
Egypt to develop new Chinook base
CAIRO (Agencies): Egypt will renovate an old airbase for the CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters it has ordered rather than use its existing CH-47D base, a market research notice released…
Iran declares five days of mourning after President Raisi’s death
DUBAI/TEHRAN (Agencies);: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced on Monday five days of mourning for President Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash. “I announce five days of…