Aerial Fire News

Lightning sparks C.O. wildfires; air tanker drops retardant to help crews on blaze near Bend

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Thunderstorms hit Central Oregon with numerous lightning strikes Thursday, sparking nearly 20 fires that crews rushed to contain, mostly at...

Extreme smoke hampers aerial firefighting efforts at Two Mile wildfire near Sicamous

The Two Mile Road wildfire’s behaviour has once again escalated. According to the Columbia Shuswap Regional District’s (CSRD) fire situation update at 11:45 a.m. on...

Mile High MAFFS

May of 2021 saw Broomfield, Colorado's Rocky Mountain Metro Airport receive an influx of C-130's from the Wyoming Air National Guard and the Air...

Tower Tech – Chasing the American Dream

Titus Gall is, in his own words, fortunate and continually grateful for his lot in life. Born in Holland to Dutch parents and immigrating...

Australian Fire Season In Review

As the nightmare fire season of 2019/2020 was still very fresh in the minds of all Australians, the world was soon to face the...

The Drop – Training to keep us safe

When I was in high school, I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life or career. I knew I liked teaching...

Bridger Aerospace Takes Delivery of Fourth CL-415 EAF

Bridger Aerospace last week took delivery of scooper 284, the fourth CL-415 EAF from Viking Aircraft. The new scooper will have little rest time...

Alaska State forestry air tanker assists Canada with retardant drops on wildfire in the Yukon

The Division of Forestry responded to a request for assistance from the Yukon Territory on Wednesday by making three retardant drops on a fire...

Italy asks Europe for firefighting planes to tame Sardinia fires

MILAN, July 25 (Reuters) - Italy asked European states on Sunday to send firefighting aircraft to help tame fires that have swept across parts...

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