Hawker Pacific has created the new role of general manager helicopter sales and support. The new position will be filled by the company’s current rotary sales manager, Matthew Hardy. The company says Hardy will be “responsible for overseeing and developing Hawker Pacific’s integrated helicopter sales and product support services across the Asia Pacific region,” and
The first of four red, yellow and white painted AW139s for the Northern NSW Helicopter Rescue Service is on its way from Leonardo Helicopters’ (formerly AgustaWestland) factory in Italy after officially being delivered by the aviation leasing arm of the Libra Group, Lease Corporation International (LCI). “After many years of planning, we are all extremely happy to receive the
The Australian Army’s 22 Airbus Helicopters Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters (ARHs) achieved final operating capability (FOC) on April 18, more than 11 years after the type first entered service. “Tiger is ready to go as a full operational capability with a full regiment of two squadrons,” confirmed Commander 16 Aviation Brigade, Brigadier Michael Prictor. “In the past decade we have built an attack helicopter
The Australian Army has transferred one of its remaining CH-47D Chinooks, A15-202, to the Australian War Memorial (AWM) in Canberra as part of the type’s withdrawal and disposal from service. A15-202 departed C Squadron’s flight line in Townsville on April 16 in company with CH-47F A15-303, with the pair of Chinooks making the journey down
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The Defence White Paper and its accompanying Integrated Investment Program foreshadows significant new investments in Army Aviation, ranging from the early retirement and replacement of the Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) to the acquisition of a new armed light helicopter for Special Forces support and additional Chinook heavy-lift helicopters. The early retirement of the Tiger
