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FORTRESS North America Introduces the First, All New, Long-Term Fire Retardant to Pass all US Forest Service Laboratory Tests in Over Two Decades

Innovative Company Delivers Advanced Formula, Long-Term Fire Retardant Technology, Moving to Final Operational Field Evaluation at the U.S. Forest Service Air Tanker Base in...

Colorado Air Force Reserve Takes To The Skies For Wildfire Training

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– The Colorado Air Force Reserve will be taking part in wildfire training. The training starts at the Jeffco Airtanker Base...

Taking Action to Mitigate Risk

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

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...

Hutchinson Regional Airport Fly-In visitors take wing at Saturday’s event

Saturday's Hutchinson Regional Airport Fly-In and Open House gave visitors a chance to view airplanes, jets, gliders, gyrocopters and helicopters for free. Children ages 8...

Coulson Aviation’s Australian 737 Hits Hangar Door, Sustains Damage in Tarmac Incident

Coulson Aviation's Boeing 737 "Marie Bashir" was damaged in an incident while taxiing at Australia's Richmond Air Force Base yesterday when it struck a...

Cal Fire Beats Decade-Old Suit Over Firefighting Chemical Bids

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection may have made administrative mistakes in the process of purchasing over $50 million in firefighting chemicals,...

Wildfire burns nearly 1,000 acres in Jackson County

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A wildfire burned nearly 1,000 acres Thursday in Jackson Co. Sheriff Tim Morse says it started as a controlled burn north...

Aerial seeding completed in Badger Fire area

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) —Work is being done to grow back some of what was lost on the land affected by the Badger Fire...

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