Death on the Widemouth 2
How staffing shortfalls and extreme heat fractured federal aerial firefighting Aerospace & Emergency Response Desk Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis gave the order himself: get everyone out. A Sikorsky S-64…
Europe’s Firehawk Shift: How Poland-Built Rotorcraft Are Redefining Wildfire Response
On July 14, PZL Mielec began building Europe’s first S-70 Firehawk, a purpose-built firefighting helicopter constructed for the Czech Republic’s Ministry of the Interior. Lockheed Martin, which owns the Polish…
Strained Wings: How Defense Demands and Logistics Bottlenecks Threaten America’s Aerial Firefighting Backstop
On July 14, Israeli Transport Minister Miri Regev halted additional CENTCOM military landings at Ben Gurion Airport. American refueling aircraft had occupied civilian aprons well past an agreed cap of…
The Retardant Bottleneck
Washington ordered its pilots to attack every wildfire at full force. It didn’t ask whether the airports on the receiving end could handle it. By midmorning on June 16, the…
The Last Electra: How the Yukon’s 1950s Airtanker Exposes Canada’s Two-Tier Wildfire Fleet
A 1950s airliner is standing guard over the Yukon this fire season. That isn’t a heritage story. It’s what the bottom tier of Canada’s firefighting fleet looks like. A Lockheed…
The Spartan’s Hundredth Sale
Why Leonardo’s Small Transport Is Becoming a Resilience Platform Peru’s decision to buy a fifth C-27J Spartan gives Leonardo a clean headline: 100 aircraft sold. But the number matters for…
Kawak Aviation Technologies Inc. Highlights Cascade Aerial Firefighting Bucket Following Anniversary of California Wildfires
Kawak Aviation Technologies Inc. is drawing renewed attention to its advanced aerial firefighting equipment as the wildland fire community observes the one-year anniversary of the January 2025 Southern California wildfires…
Coulson Aviation Expands Global Firefighting Reach with Four Additional C-130H Hercules Aircraft
By Katherine Raines | Aerospace & Defense Correspondent THERMAL, California — Coulson Aviation USA has strengthened its position as a global leader in aerial firefighting with the acquisition of four…
Aero-Flight: Our team, our fleet and our footprint
By: Isabelle Crow Tracy Zedeck the Initial Attack Captain of the CL415 Super Scooper, Mike Downing the First Officer of Dash 8-400AT and Chris Niemann, General Manager at Aero-Flite discuss…
Coulson Aviation Expands Firefighting Capabilities with Additional C-130H Airtankers
By: Jordan Taylor Coulson Aviation USA, a leading provider of large airtanker support for wildland firefighting, has announced the expansion of its C-130H Hercules fleet to ten aircraft. The announcement,…