Story by Maj. David Bedard, Alaska National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Three Alaska Air National Guard (AKANG) pararescuemen (PJs) from 212th Rescue Squadron «Guardian Angel» provided lifesaving medical care during the rescue of a pilot…
AVINCIS, December 11, 2025 – Lisbon, Portugal: Avincis Group, Europe’s largest provider of emergency aerial services, has become the first operator in the world to surpass 5,000 flight hours on the Leonardo AW169. The AW169…
Fort Worth, Texas. September 8, 2025. — Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced that Global Medical Response (GMR) has signed a purchase agreement for seven Bell 429 EMS helicopters with the option to…
MILTON, Florida. September 18, 2025. — Leonardo Helicopters celebrated the official grand opening of its new Florida Support Center on September 18 at Whiting Aviation Park in Santa Rosa County. The ceremony marked a significant…
LISBOA, Portugal, June 5th, 2025. — Avincis has received two new H145 five-bladed (BK117 D3) helicopters from Airbus at its production facility in Donauwörth, Germany. These aircraft are destined for Stockholm, where they will reinforce…
LISBOA, Portugal, April 24, 2025 – Avincis Emergency Medical Services (EMS) helicopters, operating air ambulance missions for INEM (Portugal), made 29 landings at Lisboa’s Santa Maria Hospital in the first month of operation of its newly-renovated heliport,…
17/12/2025. Lisboa, Portugal — Avincis, Europe’s largest provider of emergency aerial services, has started to explore locations for a new state-of-the-art emergency aviation training “centre of excellence” site in Europe. Avincis has identified a need…
Story by 1st Class Jonathan Pietrantoni, New York National Guard POZO ALMONTE, Chile – In the hot sun of the Atacama Desert in the Tacapacá region, Texas Army National Guard and Chilean combat medics are…
LISBOA, 28 August 2024 – Avincis has received today two H145 five-bladed (D3) helicopters to EMS missions in Italy and Sweden. The delivery ceremony was celebrated at Airbus Helicopters facility in Donauwörth, Germany. Both aircraft will…
Rome, 24/05/2024 – The Ministry for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection of Greece is enhancing its emergency response capabilities by introducing three Leonardo AW139 intermediate twin engine helicopters. Under the recently signed contract, the new…