International Operations

Colombia, Peru Help Extinguish Wildfires in Ecuador

December 20, 2024

Government to Establish National Resilience and Recovery Entity

November 16, 2020

The federal government has agreed to implement the bushfire royal commission’s recommendation to establish a standing national resilience and recovery agency to help Australia...

National emergency laws but no sovereign aerial firefighting fleet

November 13, 2020

State governments will be left to decide how to fill the gaps in aerial waterbombing capacity after the federal government did not endorse a...

Aerial Operation Underway to Put Out Forest Fire in North Iran

November 9, 2020

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Red Crescent Society of Iran have been flying aircraft...

GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND: Two Iconic Families Unite to Establish Australia’s First National Aerial Firefighting Service

November 9, 2020

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – November 4, 2020: Two iconic families have come together to solve one of Australia’s most urgent problems. The Fox and Coulson...

Large Air Tanker deployed to Lowmead fire

October 12, 2020

The Large Air Tanker based at Bundaberg Airport was deployed for the first time in an operational capacity to help fire fighters battle a...

‘Showstoppers’: Emails reveal barriers to flying firefighters in Black Hawks

October 12, 2020

The NSW Rural Fire Service faces an uphill battle to get two Black Hawk helicopters to fly firefighters to remote areas because it is...

Lake Ohau, Waitaki fire: At least 20 homes destroyed in South Island blaze, residents evacuated

October 5, 2020

Eleven helicopters and seven ground crews are battling a huge Canterbury fire that has damaged or destroyed at least 20 homes and forced hundreds...

How California deploys aircraft to battle wildfires

October 5, 2020

California is battling one of the largest fires in its history. In total, about 1.3 million ha have been burned. The California Department of Forestry and...

Kestrel Aviation – Innovating to Keep Australians Safe

September 18, 2020

Beginning operations in 1985, many would be surprised to know that Kestrel Aviation began not an aerial firefighting company, but as a training provider....

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Conair Delivers 20th Dash 8-400 Firefighting Plane

Colombia, Peru Help Extinguish Wildfires in Ecuador

Helitak Sets New Standard with FAA-Approved FT-1300 Tank for Airbus AS350/H125 Firefighting Helicopters

Philippine Mars Begins Final Relocation Journey – SKYTRAC Provides Link for Public Tracking of Aircraft Progress

Aero-Flite Opens New Hangar as Aerial Firefighting Company Grows

‘Eyes in the Sky’: Aerial Support Ready to Combat Tasmanian Bushfires

Firehawk Pilot Speaks on Difficulty They Faced Fighting the Franklin Fire in Malibu

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