Aerial Fire News

Providing aid to Chile

Fresh off a mission in Israel in November, the big Boeing made the five-thousand plus mile trip to Santiago arriving January 25. It was immediately put to work and its 20,000-gallon drop capacity soon made a difference in the firefight. After being credited with saving several communities from certain destruction, the SuperTanker team was given an award by the Chilean Red Cross for its humanitarian act.

Fire on the mountain, lightning in the sky

Texas is one big state! Travelers passing through the Lone Star State like to say that once they leave Texas they are surely almost...

RockAIR Approved for USFS Airborne Firefighting Dunedin, New Zealand

TracPlus USA Inc. announced today that their RockAIR flight tracker has been approved by the United States Fire Service (USFS) for use on airborne...

Macedonian AT-802A Fire Boss’s travel to Spain for annual inspections

One year after their delivery to the Republic of Macedonia, two Air Tractor AT-802A "Fire Boss" amphibious fire-fighting planes from Macedonia's Protection and Rescue...

Fire Season Off to a Different Start

A conventional fire season would be where the majority of activity sprung up in the American Southwest. In a twisted start for the 2016 fire season, the vast majority of fires have been with our Canadian neighbors.

Flexible tanks making money

TURTLE-PAC’S light weight FERRY TANKS increases range to be able to take on Firefighting contracts even overseas. Used by CV580 and BAE-146. Collapsible AIRCARGO TANKS...

Getting the job done

A new fire season is already upon us. It seems like the last one just ended! Texas released most of its firefighting assets around Thanksgiving with the understanding things would probably get busy again in early spring.

Struggling With the Government

January has morphed into February and with it sees the return of the Southern Plains winter fire season. Predictive Services is forecasting a huge...

20 years ago – Air Tractor AT-802 Gaining “World-Class” Status as Fire-Fighter

OLNEY, TX – While Air Tractor, Inc. has easily earned the reputation for the finest ag aircraft in the industry during the past 21...

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