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Drone-as-first-responder program planned for Fort Worth, Texas

The program will utilize solutions developed by Flock to support the provision of real-time situational awareness to officers on the ground

15 Jun 2026

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Oliver Cuenca

Operational news updates

15 June

An HM Coastguard Leonardo AW139 winched a paramedic onto a ferry near Poole, ‎England, in response to an medical emergency on board. The patient was later ‎transferred to a ground ambulance after the ferry’s arrival in port.‎

Leonardo Helicopters

15 June

A Bell police helicopter made an emergency landing near Gusinje, Montenegro, ‎following a technical failure. The failure occurred during a rescue mission, and the ‎aircraft landed safely with no injuries to crew.‎

12 June

An injured hiker in the US White Mountains was rescued using a Sikorsky Black Hawk ‎operated by the New Hampshire Army National Guard. The 66-year-old patient was then ‎transported to a hospital in the nearby city of Lebanon.‎

12 June

Another injured hiker who fell off a cliff near San Francisco was rescued by a California ‎Highway Patrol (CHP) helicopter. The CHP primarily operates a fleet of Airbus H125s.‎

11 June

During a mission off the central Queensland coast, LifeFlight's Leonardo AW139 was dispatched to rescue an injured fisherman, with the crew carrying out a winch-assisted retrieval.

Leonardo Helicopters

11 June

In its first week of operation, Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance's new Leonardo AW169 was dispatched to a patient who had a medical emergency at home in Swanage.

Leonardo Helicopters

10 June

The Royal Air Force of Oman sent its Bell 429 to rescue 24 Indian crew members from the MT Marivex oil tanker after it started to sink.

10 June

Pinal County Sheriff's Office rescued a couple with an 11-year-old child from the Superstition Mountains with its Bell UH-1H helicopter, after the family got lost.

9 June

Vigili del Fuoco firefighters rescued a woman in distress in a remote woodland area near ‎Brunate, Italy. She was safely recovered by winch by the Drago VF-153 crew on a ‎Leonardo AW139 helicopter.‎

9 June

HM Coastguard Rescue 900, a Leonardo AW189 helicopter, was scrambled to an ‎injured walker on Mousa island, Scotland, before airlifting the patient to a waiting ‎ground ambulance.‎

Malteser AeroMedical opens new air ambulance base in Vienna

New Vienna base strengthens Malteser AeroMedical’s European network, improving response times across Central and Eastern Europe

15 Jun 2026

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Chloe Fox

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance opens new Southampton, UK, airport base

The service has relocated operations to Southampton Airport, aiming to reduce response times across the region

12 Jun 2026

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Siân Yates

Transall Tankers integrates FireVision intelligence system into C-160 firefighting aircraft

The partnership brings near real-time situational awareness tools to the C-160 platform as Transall Tankers advances certification of its next-generation aerial firefighting capability for operations in Australia

12 Jun 2026

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Chloe Fox

Romania orders 12 Airbus H160 and H145 helicopters for emergency and security missions

Romania is modernizing its emergency and security aviation capability under the EU’s SAFE program with a 12-helicopter Airbus order to strengthen rescue, surveillance, and public protection operations

11 Jun 2026

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Chloe Fox

Latest Issue

June 2026
Issue

As the northern hemisphere heats up for another hot summer, I’m pleased to bring you the aerial firefighting edition of AirMed&Rescue. We have features on how climate change is accelerating firefighting technology; the improvements in Australian firefighting capacity; and getting ahead of wildfires before they become unmanageable.

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