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Airport Fire Containment Grows As Firefighters Assess Damage

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September 10, 2010

The 2010 summer fire season is more than halfway over. Unless something changes, this season will be the third slow season in a row. The National Preparedness was still at Level 2 on a scale of 1-5 (as of August 1). In comparison, the last two years we were at Level 3 by this time; which is still a low number for a normal year.

Croatia transforms its sole land-based AT-802A into an amphibian Fire Boss

May 9, 2010

The Croatian Air Force (Hrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo - HRZ) has recently increased its amphibian firefighting fleet by one aircraft. This was achieved by the conversion of a land-based Air Tractor AT-802A (military serial number 896) into an amphibian Air Tractor AT-802A Fire Boss.

Air Tractor Europe introduces dual cockpit AT-802A Fire Boss

March 26, 2010

In March 2010 Air Tractor Europe S.L., based in Valencia, Spain, became the first European operator of the dual cockpit Air Tractor AT-802A Fire...

AIR TRACTOR AT-802A FIRE BOSS DELIVERED TO MACEDONIA

February 28, 2010

February 28, 2010, Macedonia took delivery of its third Air Tractor AT-802A Fire Boss amphibious firefighting aircraft. The Fire Boss flew a nine-hour ferry...

Republic of Cyprus takes delivery of AT-802F

October 26, 2009

Air Tractor’s AT-802F single engine air tanker is gaining popularity among firefighting services in Mediterranean and Balkan countries that have battled waves of disastrous wildfires in recent years.

Kansas National Guard Helicopters to Assist Firefighting Operations in Cheyenne County

January 1, 1970

Two Kansas Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and eight soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation, based out of Salina, Kansas, are being deployed...

Fires Not Over in California as Brush Fire Causes Evacuations, Airborne Response

January 1, 1970

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