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CFS conducts aviation exercises out of Pirie

The South Australian Country Fire Service will be conducting five days of aviation training exercises out of Port Pirie this week. About 22 personnel will...

New partnership sees rural NSW benefit from additional firefighting helicopter

Communities across NSW are set to benefit from a state-of-the-art firefighting helicopter, donated by the Goodman Foundation is a first of its kind partnership...

Nevada Air Guard MAFFS activation extended as western wildfires rage

Nevada Air National Guard aircrew equipped with the U.S. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, or MAFFS, saw their firefighting activation orders extended...

HAI, New Orleans, Industry Gearing Up for HAI HELI-EXPO 2021

Alexandria, Va. (August 20, 2020) – HAI HELI-EXPO 2021 in New Orleans is still about seven months away, but that doesn't mean that preparations...

The Attack From Above Supports the Attack From Below

1,600 horses are ready to take the fight to the flames in a single engine air tanker that holds 750 gallons of fire retardant,...

Pilot Killed in Helicopter Crash in Fresno County

Wednesday morning a Call When Needed (CWN) helicopter crashed while fighting a wildfire in western Fresno County said the CalFire Media office. The Bell...

TracPlus and Airborne Mission Systems Launch AFDAU-T1 to Simplify Collecting and Reporting Operational Data for Aerial Firefighters

Global real-time tracking and communications leader, TracPlus, partners with Sydney-based engineering firm to launch the world’s first automatic bucket calibration and digital data collection...

Thrush expands presence in north and sub-Sahara Africa and the Caribbean

Africair appointed as company’s authorized dealer for more than forty countries. Thrush Aircraft is expanding its global presence with the naming of Africair as its...

New, Large-Capacity Firefighting Aircraft Launches

Arcus Fire today announced its new single-engine, high-wing, large-utility turboprop – the Firecatcher F-45. The aircraft is initially targeted as a single-engine air tanker...

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