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Authorities Mobilising as Wildfire Rages in Rural Limassol

A large wildfire erupted early Saturday afternoon in the Akrounta village in Limassol. According to Charalambos Alexandrou, the Director of the Department of Forests, the...

MP Suggests Island-Based ‘Air Force’ for Fighting Wildfires

The MP for Courtenay-Alberni wants the federal government to work with a local company to build a firefighting air force. Gord Johns recently wrote a...

Coulson Aviation Secures ANAC Certification for Aircraft Maintenance

Coulson Aviation has received certification from the Administración Nacional de Aviación Civil (ANAC) of Argentina to perform aircraft maintenance on Argentinian-registered aircraft. Coulson Aviation...

Black Widow Helicopters and XP Services Inc. Join Forces to Launch New Lima+ Black Hawk

Tullahoma, Tennessee - In a joint announcement, Black Widow Helicopters and XP Services Inc proudly introduced the next evolution of the Black Hawk: the Lima+....

Black Hawk to be Stationed in Bundaberg

The Queensland government have pledged to position a UH-60 Black Hawk in Bundaberg in Northern Queensland in Australia as part of an effort to...

Black Widow – Putting a New Spin on the UH-60

Each fire season, more fixed-wing and rotary aircraft are added to aerial firefighting fleets in the private industry and government agencies, such as Cal-Fire...

Aerial Units and Their Role in Wildland Firefighting

Throughout fire season, aerial units like scooper planes, Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3 helicopters have been utilized in a variety of different...

Coulson’s Chinook Helicopter Gets Contract to Fight B.C. Wildfires

Port Alberni-based Coulson Aviation now has two of its aircraft in the wildfire fight in the province’s interior. The company, which has most of its...

Tennessee Guardsmen Team Up With Louisiana Responders to Battle State’s Largest Wildfire

A 12-person team of Tennessee guardsmen has deployed to Louisiana in response to the largest wildfire in the state's history. Two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters headed...

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