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November 8, 2024

Orange County Fire Authority Firehawks – Modernizing for the Future

September 1, 2024

After the Silverado, Blue Ridge, and Bond Fires in 2020 that burned over 27,000 acres combined and severely damaged parts of Orange County, talks...

Florida Firefighters Train for the Firefight

May 1, 2024

Hillsborough County, Florida, was center stage in early January for a multi-agency aerial firefighting training exercise that involved aircraft, pilots, ground crews, and support...

SDG&E Not Your Average Power Company

March 1, 2024

Story by Ryan Mason, Images by Ryan Mason and Jeff Serpa San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) is primarily an investor-owned energy provider to...

40 Years of Family Tradition – Billings Flying Service

January 8, 2024

by Meg Rude, images by Ryan Mason Two CH-47 Chinook helicopters sit next to the Billings Flying Service (BFS) hanger. The red “billings” letters and...

Aerial Firefighting Europe 2023 – Greece Shines

November 6, 2023

The third installment for the year of the Tangent Link Aerial Firefighting show was held in Lagonissi, Greece, on October 17 and 18, 2023,...

Hellenic Air Force – Squadron 355

September 1, 2023

By Babak Taghvaee The Hellenic Air Force (HAF) has one of Europe's largest fleets of firefighting aircraft. On July 17, 2023, these aircraft became the...

New South Wales Rural Fire Service – Setting the Stage

July 3, 2023

Cover image by Aaron Maurer The state of New South Wales (NSW), on Australia's east coast, was the hardest hit by the 2019/2020 fire season....

Neptune Aviation – Air Attack

July 3, 2023

Neptune Aviation Services is going beyond its well-known air tanker operations with plans to offer air attack services by June 1 of this year,...

AeroFlite – Leading by Example

May 1, 2023

Aero-Flite, the U.S. subsidiary of Canadian-based Conair, has been working hard this year to onboard new pilots and continue to provide next-level training for...

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