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Thursday, May 02, 2013  The Navy is inaugurating its first squadron with unmanned aircraft, formally adopting drone technology amid debate over its growing use in warfare.

Friday, April 26, 2013  he mother of a Fort Drum Army helicopter pilot who grew up in Washington says he was killed Tuesday in Afghanistan.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  Senator Chuck Schumer announced Tuesday that Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors in Owego has received a Navy contract award totaling over $13,516,318. The contract will extend a previous contract data and software systems upgrades of MH-60R helicopters.

Monday, March 11, 2013  A wreath-laying ceremony is being held at Fort Drum 10 years to the day after 11 eleven soldiers were killed when their helicopter crashed on the northern New York military post.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  Company and union officials say the job cuts, expected to start this spring, are a result of concerns over automatic spending cuts pending in Washington.

Monday, December 24, 2012  A missing 13-year old hunter who was lost Sunday evening in the Town of North Norwich has been found, according to the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office.

Sunday, December 23, 2012  The Chenango County Sheriff's Office is currently searching for a missing 13-year-old hunter in the Town of North Norwich.

Friday, November 16, 2012  Authorities have released the names of two people killed when a helicopter checking power lines crashed in upstate New York.

Thursday, November 15, 2012  Police confirm a helicopter has crashed near the Chemung River in the upstate New York city of Corning.

Thursday, November 01, 2012  Helicopter units from the northern New York Army base are now in position to assist in recovery efforts in the Northeast.

Friday, August 31, 2012  State police say a trooper forced to crash land his helicopter near a highway in the Southern Tier suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Thursday, August 16, 2012  42-year-old man has been charged after allegedly pointing a green laser at the Air-1 helicopter while it was flying over the Town of Lafayette Wednesday Night.

Thursday, August 16, 2012  Authorities say a military helicopter has helped rescue two people after a small plane crashed in a remote Adirondacks lake.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012  Deputies in Madison County say that 22-year-old Jessie Eisenhut, of Waterville, pulled his pickup truck off the side of River Road in the Town of Lebanon around 5:00am Wednesday morning. The truck had run out of gas.

Saturday, April 14, 2012  Fundraiser to keep Sheriff's helicopter flying