6-5-19 Canadian Rescue Helicopter training

A Royal Canadian Air Force rescue helicopter flight crew stands near their AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant helicopter at the Eastern Slope Regional Airport in Fryeburg, Maine, at the end of the day after training on Mount Washington and the Presidential range in 2019. From left: Pilot Jeff Powell, co-pilot Joseph Jacques and flight engineer Matt Metivier. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)

FRYEBURG, Maine — The Eastern Slope Regional Airport in Fryeburg will once again host the 413 Transport and Rescue Squadron of Nova Scotia in the spring.

The squadron will be based in Fryeburg for two weeks for search-and-rescue training in the White Mountains starting April 19, said Conway Selectman Carl Thibodeau, who is also the vice chairman of the airport’s executive committee.

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