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Game-changing Upgrade for Australia’s Largest Firefighting Helicopter

December 9, 2024

Nevada Air Guard Doubles Certified Pilots During Aerial Firefighting Training

May 5, 2022

By Staff Sgt. Matthew Greiner, 152nd Airlift Wing GOWEN FIELD, Idaho -- The Nevada Air National Guard’s 152nd Operations Group upgraded four pilots to aircraft...

CAL FIRE and US Forest Service Begin Aerial Firefighting Training

May 5, 2022

Earplugs were surely needed Wednesday morning because of the loud planes used to protect the Northstate during wildfires. Ahead of fire season, CAL FIRE and...

In Time for Fire Season, Meet TAK, the US Govt.’s Suite of Free Situational Awareness Apps

May 4, 2022

A U.S. government-built app for situational awareness is bringing wildland firefighting into the internet age. Originating as a product of the Air Force Research Laboratory...

Innovative Australian Design Helping to Fight Fires All Over The World

May 3, 2022

By Jennifer Swaine As a qualified engineer and helicopter pilot who had faced off against many bushfires, Jason Schellaars understood the limitations of firefighting tanks...

Pilots with ADHD

May 3, 2022

Safety experts agree that at least 70% of aviation accidents are attributable to the pilot. NASA scientists report that most accidents result from some...

The Incident Traffic Area

May 3, 2022

In 2001, I had my first full-time job in wildfire aviation as a helitack Fire Captain. Ignorance was bliss for me in the air,...

Fire in Rio Grande Do Sol a Recurring Problem

May 3, 2022

By Marcos Antonio Camargo When I started writing this article, we were contacted for another firefighting operation in the fields of the West Frontier of...

Neptune Aviation Pilot Training – Aircraft System and Fire Traffic Area Focused

May 3, 2022

When Neptune Aviation Services planned to replace its legacy fleet of piston-driven Lockheed P2V Neptunes with BAe 146 regional jets, reconfigured as air tankers,...

San Diego Success! – Tangent Link’s Aerial Firefighting Show Returns to North America

May 3, 2022

After a two-year hiatus from hosting the aerial firefighting show in the United States, Tangent Link’s Aerial Fire Fighting North America returned to San...

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