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China’s AG600 amphibious aircraft begins firefighting capacity testing

China's locally developed AG600 large amphibious aircraft has entered a new flight test phase targeting its firefighting capacities, its developer announced Thursday. The AG600 aircraft...

If wildfire ignites, plane with high-tech will hit Southern California’s skies

Is there a fire? How big? Where is it going? When it comes to fighting fast-moving wildfires, information is key and until recently data from...

10 Tanker gets a new look

After a record breaking year for 10 Tanker Air Carrier that saw the company fighting fires not only in the United States but during...

10 Tanker Reveals Stunning New Firefighting DC-10 Livery

Aerial firefighting business 10 Tanker is giving its fleet of DC-10 aircraft a new look. Firefighting is a niche corner of the aviation industry...

China unveils flight simulator for AG600 amphibious aircraft

State-owned broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) has released footage showing that the Aviation Industry Corporation of China’s (AVIC’s) Flight Automatic Control Research Institute (FACRI)...

With practice water drops at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, crews prepare for wildfire season

MESA, Ariz. - Aircraft training is underway for the upcoming fire season, and at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in the far East Valley on Feb. 15, a...

Belgrade aerospace company benefits local economy

A Belgrade-based aerial firefighting company is the first – and so far only — U.S.-based and owned operation to include CL-415EAF aircrafts in its...

VIDEO: How aerial firefighters are trained to fight forest fires

Barrett Farrell: After we've gotten back from flying, we saved someone's house or saved someone's crop, because that's their livelihood and that's how they make...

Aerial tankers ‘absolutely critical’ to stopping inferno at Perth’s gates

Three large aerial water tankers filled with retardant were what stood between Perth’s out-of-control inferno and disaster as 27 fire crews inside Shady Hills...

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