14-Dec-2010
Training accident – student seriouslyinjured, instructor killed... Read more
25-Nov-2010Source: Huntsville Item
Ed Duke flew helicopters in the Vietnam War and now he’s helping the HEARTS Veterans Museum by bringing some of these historic aircraft to Huntsville.... Read more
23-Nov-2010Source: Omniflight
ADDISON, Texas, November 22, 2010 — Omniflight Helicopters, Inc., a leading national provider of air medical services, has launched its OmniAdvantage family membership program in eight of the 18 states in which it offers service. Omniflight is introducing OmniAdvantage as a supplemental insurance offering to give the millions of families in its service regions the... Read more
23-Nov-2010
Instructor and student suffered minor injuries in an accident during helicopter flight training... Read more
21-Nov-2010Source: Dothan Eagle
Omniflight Helicopter’s Alabama Life Saver program is to open its fifth site at Ozark’s Blackwell Field Airport.... Read more
18-Oct-2010Source: Press-Register
With work expected to begin before year’s end, Vector hope to move in mid-2011. The company has benefited from its proximity to military helicopter bases, as they act as a subcontractor for L-3 Communications to repair U.S. Navy TH-57 helicopters based at Whiting Field, near Milton, Fla.... Read more
29-Sep-2010Source: WHNT
“This Alabama State Trooper pilot was flying a marijuana eradication mission and stopped to check on his son who just had surgery,” the Department of Public Safety said, continuing “…this is his daily patrol vehicle and it is within his discretion to land it where he sees fit.”... Read more
20-Aug-2010Source: Omniflight
Omniflight Helicopters, Inc., a leading national provider of air medical services, announced today that one of its flight paramedics, Don Wilson, was named Paramedic of the Year by East Alabama EMS Region II. Wilson has been employed as a base clinical specialist (flight paramedic) with Alabama LifeSaver, an Omniflight company, since May 2007. He works... Read more
21-Jun-2010Source: NBC 13
A federal judge cleared the way this week for a trial, refusing to throw out a discrimination claim from Kim Ralston, a former production control foreman at the Ozark plant who was terminated in 2008 from Bell Aero/U.S. Helicopter... Read more
27-May-2010Source: WAAY TV
We’re getting the dogs used to the helicopter. We’re getting the helicopter pilot used to us. It’s kind of a training between all of us. We’ve never done this before. We want to see how the dogs are going to react... Read more
24-Apr-2010Source: Montgomery Advertiser
A monument paid for by the Pedro Rescue Helicopter Association was dedicated in Enlisted Heritage Plaza, where it will stand with 15 other monuments in front of the museum... Read more
2-Mar-2010Source: Dothan Eagle
Five U.S. Helicopter workers were terminated this week, just days after the company delivered the first of three aircraft in a $14 million government contract, officials confirmed. US Helicopter is a subsidiary of Bell.... Read more
27-Feb-2010Source: Dothan Eagle
Company officials said workers spent about a year converting a former U.S. Army UH-1 Huey airframe into a Bell Huey II for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection... Read more
21-Feb-2010Source: Vector Aerospace
Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America (Vector) www.vectoraerospace.com,one of the world’s leading independent providers of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services has established a business office in Daleville, Alabama–adjacent to Fort Rucker Army Airfield in a strategic move to enhance support of existing and potential future maintenance, repair and overhaul support for the US Army... Read more
4-Feb-2010Source: http://www.wtvynews4.com/floridanews/headlines/83492142.html
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office was able to secure the necessary Homeland Security grant monies to cover the 250-thousand dollar price tag... Read more
14-Jan-2010Source: Boeing
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has selected Science Engineering Services Inc. (SES) to perform disassembly, inspection and repair on AH-64D Apache helicopters in preparation for their upgrade to the Block III configuration. The program will create approximately 70 new positions for aviation and avionics mechanics, structural installers, and aviation quality inspectors within SES. “Boeing is... Read more
30-Dec-2009Source: Alabama Live
The new UH-72A Lakota will be unveiled at 10 a.m. on Jan. 9 at Army Aviation Support Facility No. 2 at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport... Read more
3-Dec-2009Source: Omniflight
Omniflight Helicopters, Inc., a leading national provider of air medical services, announced today that Lynda LaRue, ADN, R.N., CMTE, regional clinical manager for the company’s Southeast region was named to the State of Alabama Board of Nursing.... Read more
30-Oct-2009Source: RotorNews
Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services, Inc., one of the world’s leading independent providers of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services has been awarded a subcontract from Army Fleet Support at Fort Rucker, Alabama in support of the United States Army TH-67 (Bell 206) Flying Hour Program.... Read more
28-Oct-2009Source: Aspen Avionics
Aspen Avionics announced today that the Dale County Sheriff’s Office located in Ozark, Alabama, is the first installation of an EFD1000H Pro Primary Flight Display (PFD) and an EFD1000H Multi-Function Display (MFD) into an operational helicopter. The Bell OH-58 helicopter is used by the department in regular airborne law enforcement activities.... Read more
7-Oct-2009Source: AMT
In an unprecedented public/private partnership, WestWind Technologies, Inc. celebrated the grand opening of its new Huntsville Aircraft Modification & Integration Center on September 29, 2009.... Read more
30-Sep-2009Source: Bell
Hawk Enterprises, LLC, was recognized for completing its Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Program with Bell Helicopter in a ceremony at Hawk’s company headquarters in Huntsville, Ala.... Read more
24-Sep-2009Source: RotorNews
Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America has received Bell Helicopter approval for both its UH-1 airframe maintenance fixture as well as for the repair and overhaul for UH-1 dynamic components at its Andalusia, Alabama helicopter maintenance operation.... Read more
27-Aug-2009Source: Vector Aerospace
Vector Aerospace now offers Bell Helicopter-certified airframe repair capability for the OH-58 (Kiowa) A and C models, via its new maintenance fixture located at the company’s Andalusia, Alabama helicopter repair and overhaul operation.... Read more
27-Jul-2009
27-Jul-09 Sikorsky UH-60 Huntsville, US-Alabama... Read more
21-Jul-2009
21-Jul-09 N91637 Bell B026 Andalusia, US-Alabama... Read more
22-Jun-2009
22-Jun-09 Bell TH67 nr Fort Rucker, US-Alabama... Read more
18-Jun-2009Source: Omniflight
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29-May-2009Source: Southeast Sun
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7-May-2009Source: WHNT
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29-Apr-2009Source: Times Daily
The training consisted of eight hours of classroom work and five hours of landing training with the goggles. FAA-approved instructors conducted the training, much of which took place in wooded areas in the western part of Lauderdale County.... Read more
19-Feb-2009Source: Southeast Sun
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5-Feb-2009Source: Birmingham News
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26-Jan-2009Source: CSC
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