In the background, the wreckage of the crashed AW139. (Photo: Perak Fire and Rescue Department) In the boxes: the AW139 and AS555 (Photo: Royal Malaysian Navy). Highlighted the two helicopters after the midair. An AW139 and an AS555 crashed after they...
The HH-212 MM81160/9-60 with the special markings to celebrate the last flight (Image credit: Alessandro Pandolfi/@Pando_spotter) The AB-212 (HH-212) Twin Huey helicopter made its last flight today ending a 40-year career in the Italian Air Force. The last HH-212 (as the...
The Sikorski Raider X prototype. (Photo: Sikorski/Lockheed Martin) Along with FARA, the U.S. Army will also terminate the UH-60V program, postpone the Improved Turbine Engine Program production and retire legacy UAS. The U.S. Army has unexpectedly announced the cancellation of the...
AH-64D Q-29 making a 360 turn. Still visible underneath the front cockpit are the SFOR (Stabilization Force) titles it carried during one of its deployments. (All images, credit: Author) After almost 25 years, the old AH-64D ‘Delta’ will be replaced by...
The Schweizer 300C series has trained a whole lot of new helicopter pilots over its long lifetime, and now the new company shepherding this classic rotorcraft model has a great way to take older airframes and give them a second life....
The first RH119A for the Carabinieri (All images, credit: Oscar Bernardi) The first of 20 Leonardo AW119Kx helicopters ordered by the Italian Carabinieri has started flying. The fist RH119A (as this variant of the AW119Kx has been designated), destined to the...
RAIDER X is Sikorsky’s prototype for the US Army FARA program (Photo Lockheed Martin) The RAIDER X prototype was unveiled at the annual AUSA 2023 conference. The annual Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2023 conference became the venue where...
The first Polish Navy AW101 lands at the end of its delivery flight (Image credit: Poland Armament Agency) The helicopter is the first of four AW101s Poland has ordered for its Navy. The first of AW101 in Polish Navy color scheme...
Close up on the payload carried on the stub wings (Reader’s submission) The new AW249 NESS (“Fenice”) combat helicopter has deployed to Palma del Río for testing in hot weather. The first prototype of the new Leonardo AW249 NEES (Nuovo Elicottero da...
Mi-24 helicopter over the territory of Poland. (Image credit: Eliza Kowalczyk) The helicopters were spotted by the locals The tension at the border between Poland and Belarus remains high after two Belarusian helicopters, a Mi-24 and Mi-8, briefly violated the Polish...
