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September 1, 2023

Our ‘New Normal’ – The Drop May/June 2020

May 11, 2020

In early March of this year, the AerialFire team headed to Sacramento for the Aerial Firefighting North America show. Little did we know that...

COVID-19 Could Make This Year’s Wildfire Season More Dangerous

April 13, 2020

On March 25, the National Weather Service issued a “red flag warning” for thousands of acres stretching across six Western states, including New Mexico,...

The Drop: Australia Can’t Catch a Break

March 23, 2020

I recently returned from a trip to Australia, and I can tell you, the extensive fires you were seeing on the news were not...

Aerial Firefighting North America 2020 Prepares for Opening Next Week

February 26, 2020

Tangent Link’s Aerial Firefighting North America 2020 (AFF North America 2020) Conference and Exhibition is the must-attend event for anyone involved in the aerial firefighting domain. Hosted at McClellan...

Refuge Notebook: Managing Wildfire with Data

December 9, 2019

When you think of data-driven careers, the natural resource field is probably not the first profession that comes to mind. I envision a guy...

The Catastrophic Bushfire Season is an Opportunity For Leadership — If Only Someone Would Seize It

November 25, 2019

It has been a week of catastrophe in Australia. For so many people, and so many communities, there have been days and nights of sleeplessness,...

Moving the Safety Needle

September 27, 2019

As I read the latest press release from the United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST), I was saddened to see that if the accident...

The Drop – Summer editorial

June 28, 2019

Here we are into the second issue of AerialFire after breaking out as a separate publication from its sister publication, AgAir Update, due to...

Micrometeorology

May 16, 2019

In fire fighting flights, special consideration must be given to phenomena that occur due to the same special conditions of the igneous focus. An Operational...

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CAL FIRE Issues Urgent Warning on Incursions of Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Bridger Aerospace Successful in Bid to Acquire Four Spanish Super Scoopers, Expanding Operations into Europe

New Aerial Wildfire Equipment Needed in Canada

Vislink Extends Position in Airborne Video Downlink Systems Market with Acquisition of Broadcast Microwave Services

Lane Aviation Academy Grad Now an Instructor Fighting Forest Fires

First Arista Firefighting Helicopter Delivered to Portuguese Air Force

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