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Editorial: Are We Shooting Ourselves in The Foot? – The Drop

To say I was shocked this week when I got a call from a confidential source telling me that the Global SuperTanker was going...

Aerial firefighting in the Mallee uses tactical firebombing, reconnaissance to control wildfires

The Mallee towns in Victoria's northwest are no strangers to the increased fire danger that summer brings to their communities. Fires in the wide expanse...

Vital Annual Aerial Fire-fighting training for Air National Guard and U.S. Forest Service heats up in Southern California

In the dry heat of the high desert, the California and Nevada Air National Guard, the U.S. Forest Service, CAL FIRE, and multiple other...

Colorado Air Force Reserve, Wyoming National Guard and USDA Forest Service participate in annual aerial wildland fire training

Broomfield, Colo., May 6, 2021 – Members of the Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing and other firefighting agencies will...

C-130 MAFFS Training Conducted in San Bernardino

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Four C-130 aircraft from the California and Nevada Air National Guard worked alongside the U.S. Forest Service during annual refresher...

Airtankers at San Bernardino airport preparing for wildfire season

As California heads into fire season, the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and other firefighting agencies hosted aerial wildland firefighting training...

Aerial firefighting trainees are taking to the Northstate skies ahead of fire season

REDDING, Calif. — CAL FIRE and Forest Service aerial training are going on this week in the Redding area, both in the classroom and in...

Wildland firefighters using Bitterroot location to train for aerial attack

STEVENSVILLE — The sound of helicopters in the Bitterroot often signals the beginning of another fire season but on Thursday, it marked the location...

Columbia Helicopters and Aurora Flight Sciences aim to develop technology for aerial firefighting flights in degraded visual environments

Aurora, Oregon – May 4th, 2021 – Columbia Helicopters (Columbia) and Aurora Flight Sciences (Aurora), a Boeing Company, this week entered into a memorandum of understanding...

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