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The Kamov Ka-32 in Cyprus

Air Force Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing hosts annual aerial firefighting training

About 300 people from the Air National Guard, U.S. Forest Service and other firefighting agencies participated during the second week of May in a...

Preparing for the Season

After a very convoluted bidding process which took many months and cost vendors hundreds of thousands of dollars, it appears there will be no...

Fighting Portugal’s deadliest Pedrogao Grande Wildfire, the Fire Boss aspect

A series of 156 wildfires that erupted across central Portugal in June turned into an epic tragedy that, within hours, claimed the lives of...

Air Tractor 802F "Fire Boss" Air Tanker demonstrates aerial firefighting capabilities to Texas Forest Service

Little more than a month after wildfires burned a devastating swath across the Possum Kingdom Lake area and other parts of North Texas, representatives from the Fire and Emergency Response Division of the Texas Forest Service recently came to Possum Kingdom Lake to watch a demonstration of the Texas-made aerial firefighting single engine air tanker.

L.A. County Air Operations -Unit Profile

At close to 4,100 square miles, Los Angeles County, California is one of the largest counties in the United States. The Los Angeles County...

The scoop on Aero Spray

Aero Spray, Inc. of Appleton, MN entered into the aerial fire-fighting world in 1999 with a MN-DNR “call-when-needed” contract for its AT-802A.

Mixed response on ADS-B Compliance

One operations spokesperson said: “With ADS-B In deployed, our pilots will be able to see the call signs of all the aircraft working on the fire, this will improve situational awareness.” General consensus seems to exist that ADS-B Out is expected to enhance safety, allowing air traffic controllers to see where aircraft are at all times.

Fighting wildfires the Spanish-way!

By John Thomas Over twenty years ago, an agricultural application and aerial firefighting company in Spain developed a visionary and aggressively proactive strategy to combat...

770 Fire Angel poised for Australian fires

In December 2017, The Aerotech Group, based in Kent Town, SA Australia, took possession of its new 710P Thrush. The purchase was made through...
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