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Launch of Upgraded Large Air Tanker Mixing Facility

A new automated Large Air Tanker loading facility at the Edinburgh RAAF Base in South Australia, part of a $20 million investment of Australian...

Greece Boosting Aerial Firefighting Capabilities

The repayment of an old debt to the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) will allow Greece to strengthen its aerial firefighting capabilities this...

Mt Nelson Vegetation Fire Threatened 15 Homes in Southern Hobart, Caused by Brush Cutter

A brush cutter coming in contact with rocks and producing sparks has been determined as the cause of a vegetation fire that put 15...

757P2T – ST Engineering and Galactic Holdings Announce New Large Air Tanker Program

ST Engineering has announced at the Singapore Airshow that it will be the first company in the world to convert a Boeing 757 passenger...

National Large Air Tanker Naming Competition Now Open

Look to the skies and keep your eyes on the prize – your classroom could have a chance to name Australia’s newest aerial firefighting...

Large Amphibious Plane Forges Ahead

China is stepping up development of the homegrown AG600 large amphibious aircraft, the company developing the plane said on Wednesday. Three AG600s are expected to...

Pegasus Aviación Selects LiveU Video Technology to Increase its Airborne Firefighting, Emergency Services Capabilities Across Spain, Chile

Pegasus Aviación, based in Spain and operating across the country, Portugal, Italy, Chile and Uruguay, has turned to LiveU to help its firefighting services,...

180 Households Evacuated as Forest Fire Burning in Southeast S. Korea

A forest fire, which broke out in a southeastern coastal city of South Korea, remained largely uncontained on Thursday and about 180 households have...

Pilot Dies After Helicopter Crashes into Paddock While Fighting Fire in Northern Tasmania

A man has died after the helicopter he was piloting crashed into a paddock while fighting the Lebrina bushfire in north-eastern Tasmania. The 41-year-old  man was the sole...

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