Feature Stories

During the 2021 fire season, while Canada and the U.S. developed plans around having access to their combined resources, Mother...

Having spent much of my adult life in California fighting some of the most catastrophic fires in America's history, about...

Off-Season Preparation for Fire Season Success Given the nature of the industry, aerial firefighting is faced with a unique set...

Heliwest is one of Australasia’s leading helicopter companies and the largest onshore helicopter operator in Western Australia with over 40...

SEI Industries is a name that may not be as familiar to many as their flagship product, the Bambi Bucket,...

This article was originally published in the print version of AerialFire Magazine's January/February issue. Story by Lucas Zanoni 2020 was...

A normal holiday weekend turns into a rescue for the record books for Stockton, California based Chinook and Black Hawk...

Beginning operations in 1985, many would be surprised to know that Kestrel Aviation began not an aerial firefighting company, but...

Nowadays, aircraft operators and fire-fighting authorities take for granted capabilities that up until a few years ago didn’t exist. In this...

The aerial firefighting industry lost a much-loved pilot this week after veteran pilot Chip Paige was lost in a helicopter...