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Large Air Tanker Due to Touch Down This Month

A Large Air Tanker (LAT) will soon arrive in Bundaberg, just in time for the next bushfire season. The LAT will remain in Australia for...

Fighting Wildfires with Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting

The United States (U.S.) is on fire… literally. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, this calendar year the nation has experienced 39,955 wildfires, two...

Russian Beriev BE-200 Aircraft Crashes in Turkey

A Russian Navy Beriev Be-200 (RF-88450) amphibious water bomber crashed into high terrain in Turkey on August 14th near Kahramanmaras, about 34 miles northwest...

Wisconsin National Guard Black Hawk Helicopters Sent to California and Washington to Assist With Wildfires

Three Wisconsin National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and 23 Soldiers will assist California and Washington as those states battle wildfires raging across their...

Idaho Senators Warn of Jet Fuel Shortages Hampering Wildfire Fight

WASHINGTON — Bipartisan U.S. senators from the West, including Idaho Republicans Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, are urging the Biden administration to coordinate across...

Colorado’s Division of Fire Prevention and Control & United Rotorcraft Sign Deal for New S-70i Firehawk

The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC) announced today the signing of a contract with United Rotorcraft, a division of Air Methods...

PJ Helicopters Annouces IS-BAO Certification

PJ Helicopters, Inc. announced in August that the company had achieved the sought-after designation as a Stage 1 IS-BAO Certification operator, effective August 6th,...

Real-life Dusty Crophopper is headed to the Smithsonian

Air Tractor® “Dusty Crophopper” takes its place beside aviation legends. On Aug. 3, the National Agricultural Aviation Association will present to the Smithsonian Institution’s National...

Grass Valley/Nevada City Fire report on the Brunswick Fire

At approximately 10:32 a.m. on Monday, August 2, 2021 the Grass Valley / Nevada City Fire Department along with Nevada County Consolidated Fire and...

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