ASU honored the first annual Night Vision Award winners at a luncheon this afternoon during Heli-Expo in Orlando, Florida. This is the first of three ceremonies that will be held in 2011. The next award reception will be held in New Orleans at the ALEA and in St. Louis at AMTC.
“It is an honor to recognize all the recipients this year,” said founder and CEO of ASU Mike Atwood, “There are so many organizations and people out there everyday using night vision to help their communities. We were glad to honor some of them today.”
5- Year Service Award Winners:
Air St. Lukes, Fairfax County Police Helicopter Division, Intermountain LifeFlight, Seminole County Sherriff’s Office Aviation Unit, and the Snohomish County Sherriff’s Department received 5-year Service awards.
10-Year Service Award Winners:
The Santa Barbara Sherriff’s Department Aviation Unit and the Sonoma County Sherriff’s Office Helicopter Unit received 10-Year Service Awards.
Community Awareness Award Winner:
Era MED LLC, and Geisinger Life Flight
International Advancement Award:
Global Aerospace Logistics (GAL) located in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates
Mark of Excellence Award:
Metro Aviation