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10 Tanker Deploys to Florida for First Time

10 Tanker Air Carrier's Tanker 911 has deployed to the newly upgraded fire base in Lake City, just south of the Florida/Georgia border for...

Coulson Aviation Provides Aerial Firefighting Support to Argentina Through Canadian Commercial Corporation

Port Alberni, B.C. – February 22, 2023 - Coulson Aviation announced that it is providing aerial firefighting support services to Argentina via a CDN $6.8...

Look inside the DC-10 Airtanker That Gives Firefighters the Advantage Against Wildfires

AUSTIN, Texas — Battling wildfires has air tankers taking off all day, almost every day from the Austin Airport. The local air tanker base was activated because...

Bridger Aerospace to Become a Public Company Through Business Combination with Jack Creek Investment Corp.

Combination will build upon Bridger’s strong financial performance, accelerate its expansion and strategic investment strategy, while helping to meet a critical public safety and...

Montana’s Elmo Fire Grows to 16,000+ Acres, Bridger Deploys Four Scoopers and FireTrac

A large fire sparked last week between Elmo and Dayton in Montana has grown from an initial 4,000 acres to 16,000 acres, forcing highway...

Beech Creek Fire Spreads to 200 acres; Highway 395 North Remains Closed Between Mt. Vernon and Long Creek

MT. VERNON — Fire crews with the Oregon Department of Forestry, the Malheur National Forest and Grayback Forestry battled a 200-acre blaze that broke...

Forest Service Operates Temporary Large Air Tanker Base From Casper Natrona County Airport

CASPER, Wyoming - In the summer, Casper is the home base for two Single Engine Air Tankers, or SEATS, that help fight fires in...

Airbus Successfully Tests Firefighting Kit on A400M

Getafe, 26 July 2022 –Airbus has successfully tested a removable firefighting demonstrator kit on the A400M new generation airlifter during a flight test campaign in Spain. The test...

302 AW Airmen Embody Agile Combat Employment via Aerial Firefighting

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. -- In January 2022, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., signed the service’s first doctrine publication on...

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