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AFRC Responds to the Pacific Palisades Fires

January 22, 2025

Aerial Firefighting APAC 2023 – A Dubbo Success Story

August 8, 2023

When looking through the previous locations of the Tangent Link Aerial Firefighting series of conferences with names like Athens, Greece, Nimes, France, Sacramento, California...

New Technology and Collaboration Can End Destructive Wildfires

July 3, 2023

Wildfires are changing, and the way we manage them is struggling to keep up. Aerial firefighting has been at the forefront of firefighting innovation since...

Anytime, Anywhere The Dash Across the US

March 1, 2023

As Aero-Flite enters its 60th year in aerial firefighting operations, the company has its eye on expansion, increasing an already sizeable airtanker fleet, one...

The Bambi Bucket Turns 40!

March 1, 2023

For the last 40 years, the Bambi Bucket has been a popular aerial firefighting tool used to drop water or fire retardant on wildfires...

HeliQwest – Multi National Operations

November 4, 2022

Running an aerial firefighting company is a complex task, and running one with operations in two countries is a feat few could pull off....

Quick Reaction Force Deploys in California

September 9, 2022

For the second consecutive year, three Southern California fire departments — Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA), Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), and Ventura...

Tetovo Fire Showcases Better Prepared Macedonia

July 5, 2022

By Igor Bozinovski The 2022 summer fire season opened in Macedonia in a rather unexpected way. On May 30th, 2022, the most significant fire this...

New Chief Pilot in the North

July 5, 2022

The sound of aircraft engines echoing over the vast forests and lakes of northern Saskatchewan dates back to 1924 when the Royal Canadian Air...

Pilot Profile – Kyler Burke

July 5, 2022

Growing up on Catalina Island in Southern California, helicopters became a mainstay in Kyler Burke's life at an early age. His mother owned a...

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