Cal Fire’s Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit (LNU) accepted delivery of two additional helitankers to support its aerial firefighting operations across the Sonoma Valley region earlier this summer
Metro Aviation responds to claims the company forced a pilot to resign
Based on a complaint from a former pilot, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) claims Metro Aviation forced a pilot to resign; Metro Aviation released a statement refuting…
The organization has leased a Sikorsky CH-54A Type 1 helicopter to support its firefighting operations in the region, to be stationed at its Ramona Airport base
An Air Tractor AT-802 ‘Fire Boss’ firefighting aircraft operated by Pays Aviation crashed in the Gulf of Elefsina near the island of Salamis on 5 August – with both crew…
Oklahoma Army National Guard provides wildfire-fighting support
The Oklahoma Army National Guard helicopters dropped nearly 400,000 gallons of water, comprising 744 water drops, on wildfires across the north of the state last month
Turkish government achieves fire readiness with Bell 429 for nine straight years
Bell has announced that the Turkish government’s Directorate General of Forestry (DGF) has achieved 95 per cent operational readiness for nine years with its fleet of Bell 429 helicopters