US Air Combat Command recently welcomed its first HC-130J Combat King II after Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz flew the aircraft to Moody Air Force Base (AFB) and officiated an arrival ceremony on 24 September. The delivery of the new C-130 model is significant for personnel recovery missions, as the predecessor HC-130P/N King begins to be replaced with the newer HC-130Js.
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed to Waypoint the four organisations bidding for the Gap Search and Rescue Helicopter Service. The contract is designed to provide a temporary solution to maintain the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA’s) helicopter cover after the Agency’s contract with CHC expires in 2012.
A helicopter operated by Faasa Aviación crashed in the morning of 18 September while on a positioning flight from Córdoba to Almería, resulting in the deaths of all three people onboard.
On 8 September, the Wiltshire Air Ambulance (WAA) helicopter was prevented from picking up a patient after laser pens were shone into the cockpit as the pilot attempted to land in the town of Calne, UK. The patient, who had suffered a heart attack, was instead placed onboard a ground ambulance, but died en route to Great Western Hospital, Swindon.
US Air Combat Command recently welcomed its first HC-130J Combat King II after Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz flew the aircraft to Moody Air Force Base (AFB) and officiated an arrival ceremony on 24 September. The delivery of the new C-130 model is significant for personnel recovery missions, as the predecessor HC-130P/N King begins to be replaced with the newer HC-130Js.
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed to Waypoint the four organisations bidding for the Gap Search and Rescue Helicopter Service. The contract is designed to provide a temporary solution to maintain the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA’s) helicopter cover after the Agency’s contract with CHC expires in 2012.
The International Travel Insurance Journal (ITIJ), Waypoint’s sister publication, has announced the finalists for the ITIJ Air Ambulance Award 2011.
A helicopter operated by Faasa Aviación crashed in the morning of 18 September while on a positioning flight from Córdoba to Almería, resulting in the deaths of all three people onboard.
