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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...

Funding for the future

May 3, 2019

Recently, two documents emerged from the federal government that make for an interesting comparison and provide a glimpse into the future of how wildland...

“It’s Déjà vu All Over Again”

April 3, 2019

This year’s government shutdown, just like the one a year ago, has trickled down to wildland firefighters and may affect the upcoming 2019 wildfire...

Landing a seat

October 26, 2018

Single-engine air tanker (SEAT) pilots are carded, or licensed, by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Aviation Management Directorate (AMD). The department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) provides training for SEAT pilots.

Here we go again

October 14, 2018

A new fire season is already upon us. It seems like the last one just ended! Texas released most of its firefighting assets around Thanksgiving with the understanding things would probably get busy again in early spring.

Mentoring the environment

September 3, 2018

Before the turn of the century, the greatest part of the Southwest United States was made up of vast grasslands covering the rolling plains...

Raindrops keep falling on my head

June 11, 2018

A friend recently sent me a quote that he found on the Internet … “Everyone wants to be happy. No one wants any pain....

Oops!

June 6, 2018

Be honest. We have all done some things we are either ashamed of or feel embarrassed about. Whether it is the time we poured...

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Coulson Aviation Extends Aerial Firefighting Support to South America via New Contract in Chile for the Boeing 737 FireLiner

Buffalo Seeks Next Generation of Pilots to Fight Wildfires

Recoil’s Tsunami Aerial Firefighting System T650-E Tank Helps Control Major Korean Fire

Dallas Avionics Adds Cody Klaehn

Fire Crews use Heli-Hydrant for its First Time to Fight ‘Garden Fire’

Conair Expands Inhouse NDT Capability Critical for Safe Aerial Firefighting Operations

Sikorsky and Rain Successfully Demonstrate Autonomous Flight with Wildfire Mission Autonomy to Rapidly Find and Suppress Test Fires

Delta State University Awarded $1,000,000 Federal Grant to Acquire Groundbreaking Flight Simulator

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