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Aviation Specialties Unlimited Celebrates Milestone: 100th E3 Night Vision Goggle Sold

May 1, 2024

Leonardo Announces Delivery of HH-139B Aerial Firefighting Capable Variant of Successful AW139

December 4, 2020

Rome, 3 December 2020 – Leonardo has announced today the recent delivery of the first HH- 139B twin-engine helicopter to the Italian Air Force,...

International Fleet Begins Return to Australia for Summer Fire Season

December 4, 2020

As the fire season winds down in the Northern Hemisphere, the aerial firefighting fleets of companies that provide global resources to Australia have begun...

Colorado Dept of Fire Prevention COE awarded Popular Science “Best of What’s New” Award

December 4, 2020

The Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting has been awarded the 2020 POPULAR SCIENCE Best of What’s New Award in the security...

Bushfire near Freeling under control, but CFS on alert for change in weather

November 30, 2020

Farmer Tommy Meaney was about to order a beer at the Gungellan Hotel in Freeling when someone warned him to look outside. Large plumes of...

Fraser Island Fire Continues to Burn Despite Aerial Firefighting Efforts

November 30, 2020

A fire that has been burning on Australia's Fraser Island in Queensland for over 6 weeks is gaining ground this week as aerial firefighting...

A Defence chopper sparked Canberra’s Namadgi bushfire, but its crew didn’t tell authorities the location for 45 minutes

November 30, 2020

The crew of an Australian Army helicopter that sparked a massive bushfire in Namadgi National Park did not pass on crucial details about the...

Thales and StandardAero Successfully Achieve the Industry’s First 4-Axis Autopilot Flight Test for Airbus AS350 and H125 Helicopters

November 30, 2020

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – November 30, 2020 – Thales and StandardAero have announced the successful first flight test of a revolutionary compact autopilot system that will bring...

Wildfires continue to burn in west as warmer temperatures head east

November 24, 2020

Gusty, warm winds and dry conditions help spread a new wildfire in the West, this time in Colorado Springs. The Bear Creek Fire temporarily led...

Kaimai bush fire now contained

November 24, 2020

Update: 3.30pm A forestry and scrub fire in the Lower Kaimais that started on Friday night has now been contained. "All the fire and emergency...

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