8-May-2023Source: Digital Journal
Haiti Air Ambulance, a 501(c)(3) non-profit providing the only medically equipped helicopter based in Haiti, will launch an additional helicopter equipped to provide emergency medical care for pregnant women and new mothers and babies. For almost a decade HAA has been dedicated to making health care accessible to all of Haiti’s 11.5 million inhabitants. Since pregnant women... Read more
6-Apr-2021Source: Spectrum Aeromed
Spectrum Aeromed recently completed a project with Haiti Air Ambulance, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing emergency helicopter services to the people and visitors of Haiti. Contracted through PAC International, Spectrum Aeromed outfitted the interior of a Bell 407 aircraft with a patient stretcher and base assembly and medical floor. The project was completed... Read more
15-Oct-2020Source: Metro Aviation
PAC International has recently completed and delivered an upgraded Bell 407 to Haiti Air Ambulance, a leading provider of emergency medical helicopter services in Haiti. Modifications provided by PAC include: · Spectrum Aeromed patient stretcher and base assembly with Lifeport pilot barrier and medical floor · Propaq, Revel Vent, and Bodyguard 121 IV pump mounts,... Read more
3-Jan-2014Source: Air Methods
Air Methods Corporation, the global leader in air medical transportation, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Haiti Air Ambulance Service, Inc. (“Haiti Air Ambulance”), a New York not-for-profit corporation, to provide air medical transportation services to the Republic of Haiti. Under the agreement, which is similar to a traditional hospital services contract, Air... Read more
29-Oct-2013Source: Haiti Air Ambulance
It was the crack of dawn on day 2 of the Air Medical Transport Conference in Virginia Beach, VA. A group of movers and shakers in the helicopter EMS industry gathered for a breakfast seminar introducing Haiti Air Ambulance, a new air medical service for the nation of Haiti. Attendees viewed a brief video on... Read more
13-Nov-2011
Landed in a field of crops because unexpected fog rolled in – Prime Minister of Haiti on board... Read more
7-Aug-2011Source: Louisiana National Guard
Aviators from the Louisiana National Guard led the first overseas humanitarian training relief mission involving the Army’s newly fielded UH-72A Lakota helicopters during Task Force Bon Voizen – New Horizons Haiti 2011 from April through June. The new aircraft performed medical evacuations, helped to move critical supplies and transported troops and civilians around the task... Read more
9-Jun-2011Source: EADS North America
Soldiers from Florida’s B Company, 2nd Battalion, 151st Aviation (Security and Support) returned to Cecil Field in Jacksonville recently after a 30-day rotation in Haiti in support of “Operation New Horizons 2011.†Six crewmembers from the unit deployed with two UH-72A Lakota helicopters to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in late April, and were joined by an additional... Read more
24-May-2011
Situation reports covering the two-month mission show that at times, up to three of the six Griffons were unserviceable because of breakdowns, a lack of parts and inspections.   Another military post-operation report said the Griffons’ supply and movements system “for deployed operations is broken and needs to be fixed.”... Read more
5-Feb-2010Source: EADS North America
Employees donate to deploy mobile field hospital The U.S. Army, Coast Guard and Air Force are employing helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and services provided by EADS companies for humanitarian operations in Haiti – assisting the multinational efforts that have followed the Jan. 12 earthquake there. “We continue to be moved by the perseverance of the Haitian... Read more
27-Jan-2010Source: ENC Today
The MV-22 Osprey, the Marines’ unique tiltrotor aircraft, completed its first humanitarian mission in Haiti on Sunday, according to Marines from Camp Lejeune’s 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.... Read more
20-Jan-2010Source: Jacksonville.com
The Jacksonville woman coordinating the efforts of a team of doctors and nurses in Haiti sent out an urgent plea Monday: Need helicopters.... Read more
15-Jan-2010Source: Globe and Mail
It will also carry two CH-146 Griffon helicopters, part of batch of at least four helicopters being sent to help transport needed items through a country in rubble: another Griffon is to leave later Thursday on a cargo plane, and a Sea King will sail with the navy ships... Read more
15-Jan-2010Source: JD News
In addition to three Navy ships, the MEU will deploy with CH-53E Super Stallion and UH-1 Huey helicopters, as well as 7-ton trucks, forklifts and other earth-moving equipment, supplies and water purification instruments.... Read more
15-Jan-2010Source: http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14719416&PageNum=0
The crews of two Mi-8 helicopters belonging to the Khabarovsk-based airline “Vostok” are evacuating Haitians hurt in the devastating earthquake; they are also bringing medical supplies, the company’s directorate told Itar-Tass on Thursday.... Read more
15-Jan-2010Source: http://kdrv.com/page/158956
The Central Point based Erickson Air-Crane helicopter company is on standby to assist in relief efforts in Haiti.... Read more
15-Jan-2010Source: AAMS
Aero Ambulancia, an international member of the Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS), reports it has mobilized its fleet of four fully medically staffed and equipped helicopters to provide disaster-relief assistance to the people of Haiti following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the island last night. Aero Ambulancia, the only company in the Dominican... Read more
