When the fight against Alberta wildfires takes to the sky, airtankers are the giants of the fleet.
Airtankers have been a mainstay in Alberta’s aerial firefighting arsenal for years. Following a record 2023 wildfire season, the province has plans to upgrade the fleet and add more machines to its water-bombing crews.
Unlike smaller skimmer planes that fill their tanks with water in seconds, airtankers have a much larger payload, carrying thousands of litres of fire retardant to the flames with each mission.
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