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Author: Mike Fadale and Blake Shrider

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Produced in partnership with ECHO (Every Coast Helicopter Operations), the Valor Flight Crew Podcast promotes the personnel and life-saving equipment behind helicopter air ambulance services.


Join hosts Mike Fadale and Blake Shrider for in-depth interviews and expert insights from air medical personnel, pilots, communication specialists, and maintenance crews who play critical roles in airborne emergency response.



Both members of the ECHO team, Mike and Blake, have diverse backgrounds in public safety aviation and leadership, allowing them to bring unique perspectives and expertise to the Valor Flight Crew Podcast. 

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Welcome back to the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by ECHO and brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Valor Plus. This week, we're doing things a little differently. No special guests, no featured programs — just hosts Mike Fadale and Blake Shrider taking a moment to look back on nearly two years behind the microphones and reflect on the conversations, connections, and unforgettable moments that have shaped the show. What started as an unexpected opportunity has become something far gr...
Welcome back to the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by ECHO and brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Valor Plus. In this special episode of the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, we come to you live from the 2026 ECHO Conference in Philadelphia - where we sit down with Melanie Bowman from VIGILINT to explore a non-traditional journey from military trauma and medical care, to government contracting and remote aeromedical operations from around the world. Melanie shares her experience wor...
Welcome back to the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by ECHO and brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Valor Plus. In this episode of the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, we sit down with Christian Greengrass to explore the rapidly evolving role of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, particularly in helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) and critical care transport. We discuss how AI has the potential to support clinical decision-making, reduce the burden of documentation...
Welcome back to the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by ECHO and brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Valor Plus. In this episode of the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, we sit down with Christian Greengrass to explore the rapidly evolving role of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, particularly in helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) and critical care transport. We discuss how AI has the potential to support clinical decision-making, reduce the burden of documentation...
Welcome back to the Valor Flight Crew Podcast, hosted by ECHO and brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS and Valor Plus. Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) may share the same mission around the world, but the systems built to accomplish that mission can look very different. In this episode, hosts Mike Fadale and Blake Shrider are joined by Jens Schwietring from ADAC Luftrettung for an international look at HEMS through the lens of the German and U.S. systems. Together, they e...
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