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
Airbus tests firefighting solution for A400M in Spain
Airbus has successfully tested a removable firefighting demonstrator for the A400M Atlas fixed-wing military transport aircraft during a flight test campaign at its site in Getafe near Madrid
The company has also confirmed that it will suspend operations using its other CH-47, which was being employed in anti-wildfire operations in Alaska, ‘until further notice’