California will finally get additional airtankers
It is by now some five years ago that the US Congress told the US Air Force to convert seven surplus US Coast Guard C-130 aircraft into firefighting tankers for…
It is by now some five years ago that the US Congress told the US Air Force to convert seven surplus US Coast Guard C-130 aircraft into firefighting tankers for…
By Unshin Lee Harpley The Air Force has chosen Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. as the preferred location of a dozen new KC-46A Pegasus refueling aircraft. After an environmental…
By: Art Sinclair Slovenia has recently celebrated the arrival of its very first Leonardo C-27J Spartan Next Generation aircraft, which marks the initiation of a significant acquisition involving two such…
When bushfires were raging across the Queensland landscape before summer had even arrived, specialist pilot Mark Lewis was among those flying into the thick smoke. The First Officer of the…
By: Arthur Stevens In the expansive domain of aerial firefighting, the history of airtankers is a chronicle of innovation, adaptation, and heroism. Stretching back to the early days of combating…
Three types of U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft participated in air-to-air refueling with commercial tankers for the first time last month, coinciding with a bilateral exercise between the U.S. and…
Governor Greg Abbott has declared the activation of the Austin Airtanker Base at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, directing the Texas A&M Forest Service through the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM).…
By: Martin Romero Coulson Aviation was awarded of a three-year contract for firefighting with the National Forestry Corporation of Chile (CONAF). The contract includes the deployment of a C-130H Hercules…
Oct 23 (Reuters) – Airbus (AIR.PA) said on Monday it had signed two contracts valued at 1.2 billion euros ($1.27 billion) to provide capability enhancement and in-service support of France’s…
By ABC News reporters Three people died in a plane crash while fighting fires in Queensland on Saturday, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and two state premiers leading tributes from…