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Tangent Link Holds Another Successful Aerial Firefighting North America Show

Early March saw the latest round of the Aerial Firefighting North America (AFFNA) show return to Sacramento, California, for the first time since 2019....

Help Us, Help You: A Call for Collaboration in Aerial Firefighting

Commitment and Responsibility As aerial firefighting operators, we understand the immense weight of responsibility we carry. Every flight tests our mettle, pushing us to the...

Aerial Firefighting Fleet Ready to Keep Victorians Safe

Victoria’s aerial firefighting fleet of helicopters, air tankers, and planes are ready to take to the skies and protect Victorians this fire season, with...

Billings Flying Service Assists Buffalo Airways Removing a CL-215

In an operation rarely seen, Billings Flying Service this week turned heads in Yellowknife when they were called upon by well-known operator Buffalo Airways...

Insights and Analysis: Mapping the Bushfire Outlook with TracPlus

INTRODUCTION As Australia braces itself for the Spring 2023 season, the stage seems set for a period of heightened vigilance and preparedness in terms of...

Ramifications of the Mundane

How Good Crew Resource Management Catches Errors Before Harm Can Occur By Nat Drew Nervous excitement abounds as training has commenced for the Aerial Incendiary Operations...

Will Increased Risk Bring Canada’s Air Force into the Aerial Wildfire Fight?

By Nancy Argyle During the spring and summer of 2023, a concerned world watched as Canada burned. Toxic smoke from 29 mega-fires, each exceeding 100,000...

Aerial Firefighting APAC 2023 – A Dubbo Success Story

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

BLM Expected to Expand Operations in New Mexico

The Roswell Air Center Airport, located in New Mexico, also houses a U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) aerial firefighting base on the east...

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