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Aerial Units Fight Dixie Fire in Northern California

More than 3,800 personnel from the US and Canada were continuing to wage battle against the Dixie Fire in Northern California as of Saturday,...

Australia’s sovereign year round firefighting capability

In preparation for the next fire season, the Australian Government has announced the addition of a Large Air Tanker to provide year round aerial...

Mitigating America’s Wildfire Threat

Having spent much of my adult life in California fighting some of the most catastrophic fires in America's history, about this time every year,...

Antavia Ametek, Viking Support Aerial Firefighting

Viking Air Ltd. of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, has renewed its Antavia Ametek maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) landing gear maintenance support for an...

The Reason We Don’t Have Enough Airplanes to Put Out Wildfires

Retrofitting massive jets to fight infernos is expensive, and companies say that government contracts don’t make it worth their while. When the White House gathered...

Neptune Aviation Tankers, Crew Navigate Fire Challenges in 2021

The current fire season has kept Neptune Aviation’s tankers and crew spread across the Western U.S. and as far east as Minnesota, and it’s...

Greece to Modernize Aerial Firefighting Fleet After Record Fire Season

Greece announced a plan this week to spend 1.7 billion euros on modernizing the country's aerial firefighting capabilities in a parliamentary session where Prime...

Air Support Ready to Target White Rock Lake Wildfire in Naswhito Creek

Smoke is visible from the Naswhito Creek area on the southeast flank of the out-of-control White Rock Lake wildfire burning at an estimated 56,500...

Russian Beriev BE-200 Aircraft Crashes in Turkey

A Russian Navy Beriev Be-200 (RF-88450) amphibious water bomber crashed into high terrain in Turkey on August 14th near Kahramanmaras, about 34 miles northwest...

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