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Aerial firefighting on hold after drone flies over Naenae blaze

A drone being flown near a vegetation fire in the hills above Naenae has forced Fire and Emergency to suspend their aerial firefighting operations. Fire...

SAAF assists with firefighting in the Northern Cape

The South African Air Force (SAAF) has helped fight fires in the Northern Cape in collaboration with the South African Police Service (SAPS), Agri...

Erickson S-64 Air Crane to Return to Australian Skies This Season

The Erickson Air Crane will return to Australia this year, although with a much smaller footprint than previous years. In a statement distributed to...

Greek Firefighting Season Ends as Many Aircraft Head to Australia for Season

The Greek firefighting season came to a close this week as crews from all over the world began the process of packing their aircraft...

Plane returns from fighting Greece fires

Thank you to Scott W who snapped this shot of an aerial firefighting plane at Benalla Airport. After some research on flightaware.com he established...

Armidale Regional Airport’s $2.45m development begins

Armidale Regional Airport is preparing for a boost in aviation activities as construction to improve infrastructure for aircrafts, operators and passengers' powers ahead at...

Is the Airbus A330 a Potential VLAT?

Numerous fires have ravaged the south of France during their summer months and concerns persist about increasing wildfire risks in the years to come....

As another B.C. wildfire season winds down, exhausted firefighters return home

They are some of the unsung heroes who you never actually see, like the pilots who fly dangerous missions trying to extinguish wildfires. And...

Spain Deploys Dozens of Aircraft to Fight Wildfires

JUBRIQUE, Spain — Soldiers were deployed Sunday in southeastern Spain to join the battle against a major wildfire that is burning for a fourth...

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