Oliver Cuenca is a Junior Editor at AirMed&Rescue. He was previously a News and Features Journalist for the rail magazine IRJ until 2021, and studied MA Magazine Journalism at Cardiff University. His favourite helicopter is the AW169 – the workhorse of the UK air ambulance sector!

New firefighting helicopter for Shizuoka City

The aircraft will be delivered in 2026, and will be used to respond to wildfires and other disasters

Recoil Aerospace receives STC for aerial firefighting system

The certificate covers the use of Recoil Aerospace’s T1000-E fire suppression system with the AS332 Super Puma

RACQ LifeFlight Rescue announces rebrand

Queensland’s RACQ LifeFlight Rescue has announced the end of its naming rights sponsorship with the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland (RACQ)

Japan Coast Guard orders three more H225s

Airbus has received an order for three more H225 helicopters from the Japan Coast Guard (JCG)

North Flight Aero Med acquires new helicopter

North Flight Aero Med, based in the US state of Michigan, has announced the arrival of a new Sikorsky S-76 C++ air ambulance helicopter

Daher expands Kodiak production capacity

The ramped-up production capacity at its Sandpoint, Idaho, facility is in response to high demand – much of it from the special missions sector

EHang awarded CAAC production certificate

The certification will allow the aerospace firm to begin mass production of its EH216-S electric aircraft

Yellow plane flying over sunflower field

Provider profile: Saab Aerial Firefighting

Oliver Cuenca talks to Pär-Olov Carlsson and Cristoffer Tilander about Saab’s aerial firefighting wing, its work in Sweden and overseas, and the challenges of operating in Scandinavia