Incredible Video Shows Firefighting Helicopter Dropping Massive Water Load Over Washington Wildfire

A firefighting helicopter was caught making a dramatic water drop over an active wildfire in Washington as crews battled to ...

Military planes converted into water bombers to fight French wildfires

Europe’s biggest military aircraft has been drafted in to fight the French wildfires after engineers rushed through ...

Cal Fire reveals redesigned Ramona air base and shows off 'game-changing' aircraft

Cal Fire’s Ramona Air Attack Base celebrated its reopening Monday after undergoing construction to redesign its aging facility and improve the efficiency of loading fire retardant onto large air ...
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First-ever real deployment: Airbus A400M uses firefighting kit to fight French wildfires

A French Air and Space Force A400M Atlas transport aircraft has deployed a roll-on/roll-off ...
Ventura County Star

How much water did aircraft drop on the Sandy Fire, who pays for it?

Aerial operations started shortly after the blaze was reported on May 18. Lake Bard became the primary source of water for aircraft during the fire, officials said. Crews fighting the Sandy Fire in ...
Firehouse

Two Water-Scooping Aircraft Added to MI Wildland Firefighting Fleet

May 11—The state has added two specialized planes to its firefighting fleet at a time when much of the region is under high, very high and extremely high fire danger. Two Fire Boss aircraft have been ...
NBC Los Angeles

Agency shake-up for Southern California firefighting aircraft program

Hailed at its inception as a joint public-private partnership between the county fire agencies of Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange County and SoCal Edison, the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) program has ...
Rutland Herald

Coulson Aviation Introduces CFR HALO, a Long-Term Fire Retardant Engineered for Modern Aerial Firefighting

Coulson Aviation has introduced CFR HALO, a next-generation long-term fire retardant engineered specifically for modern ...