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This Week's Top AerialFire News
LACo Fire Conducts Water Drops on Home After Active Shooter Incident

Shortly before 11 am Pacific Time, a shooting occurred at LA County Fire Station 81, a single-engine fire station located 45 miles north of Los Angeles. The shooting is believed to have killed one firefighter and seriously injured another. Read More
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Feature: Coastal Air Strike - The New Kid in Town

Michael Hutchins began his aviation career in the vast and complex world of aerial application, initially loading aircraft. Through hard work and determination, working his way to flying for the company that he now owns. Read More

HAI Launches Collaborative Safety Program

 International rotorcraft safety organizations, regional safety teams, and other global safety stakeholders are pleased to announce the establishment of the Vertical Aviation Safety Team (VAST).  Read More

Feature: Goodbye Old Friend - The Global SuperTanker Ends Operations

If you are reading this story, then the worst has happened. Without any 11th hour savior, government intervention, or miracle, the Global SuperTanker, Tanker 944, is no longer in operation.  Read More

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Firefighting Helicopter Arrives in Napa ahead of Fire Season 

Missions in One Charlie Hotel — a former U.S. Army Boeing Chinook helicopter retrofitted to hold water — won’t be just a drop-and-done. The aircraft can fly to reservoirs, ponds, even streams. Read More
Editorial: Are We Shooting Ourselves in the Foot? 

To say I was shocked this week when I got a call from a confidential source telling me that the Global SuperTanker was going to be ceasing operations at the end of the week would be an understatement. Read More

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Fortress Announces New Retardant Passes all USFS Lab Testing

Innovative Company Delivers Advanced Formula, Long-Term Fire Retardant Technology, Moving to Final Operational Field Evaluation at the U.S. Forest Service Air Tanker Base in Missoula, MT. Read More

Feature: Taking Action to Mitigate Risk

Over the past 50 years, Conair’s safety program has evolved from one that reacted to unsafe events to address risks in-flight operations proactively.  Read More
Aeroflite Launches First Australian Owned Black Hawks Into Service

Air services company Aerotech has unveiled two ex-US military Black Hawk helicopters, which will become the first of their kind to be used for firefighting in Australia. Read More

Belarussian Helicopter Extinguishes Major Fire in Turkey

Personnel of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry helped extinguish a major fire near the Turkish city of Milas last weekend, the Emergencies Ministry press service told BelTA. Read More

AKKA Will Convert Military Aircraft to Firefighters in Turnkey Program

AKKA Technologies announced this week the development of a turnkey conversion solution to repurpose grounded military transport aircraft into firefighters.  Read More

This week's photo of the week comes from @sergiomacrachinphotography showing Tanker 944 conducting a water drop in California. Tanker 944 is now in San Antonio being refitted as a cargo aircraft. Farewell GST!
New CALFIRE Helicopter Already Showing its Chops

The Cal Fire / Riverside County Fire Department’s new Sikorsky S70i helicopter wildfire only required one demonstration to Matthew J. Miller’s pilots. Read More

Mescal Fire Southeast of Globe, AZ Grows to 52,000 Acres

The Mescal Fire consumed more than 52,800 acres by Monday morning, growing in size by 14,000 acres since Sunday, according to fire officials and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. Read More

Aerial Firefighters Try in Vain to Save Galice Resort

A popular tourist stop along the Rogue River outside Merlin is gone after a fire leveled parts of the historic structure in a matter of hours. Read More

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The COVID Effect on Aircraft Tire Supply: Before, Now, and Future

We all have had some hard times in this past year in this pandemic: scurrying to find common household items like Lysol, 409, and even toilet paper. Read More
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