Aerial Fire News

UAFA Authors Letter to Government on Retardant Testing Concerns

Following the suspension of the USFS integrated Operational Field Evaluation (iOFE) on Magnesium Chloride-based retardant last week, the United Aerial Firefighters Association authored a...

Greece and Croatia Sign Contract for CL-515’s

The Canadian Commercial Corporation announced this week the signing of a government-to-government (G2G) contract with the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection of...

Coulson’s Martin Mars Finds New Home With BC Aviation Museum

After several years of hard work, the British Columbia Aviation Museum announced yesterday via Facebook that it had secured the Coulson Aviation Martin Mars...

Compass Minerals Announces no 2024 Fortress Retardant Contract with USFS

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—Compass Minerals, a provider of essential minerals, today announced that the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has informed the company that it will...

Wipaire and Fire Boss Host Successful Operators Conference in Minnesota

March 18-20 saw Fire Boss operators from around the world descend on the Omni Hotel Viking Lakes for the 2024 Fire Boss Operators Conference...

Turkey Internationally Debuts New Air Tractor AT-802 Fire Boss on Exercise in North Macedonia

The international debut of Turkey's newest aerial fire-fighting asset—the Air Tractor AT-802 turbine-powered fire bomber—took place during the European Union-supported IPA Floods and Fires...

Tangent Link Announces 2025 Aerial Firefighting Show Locations for Europe and Australia

Tangent Link announced on March 21st, 2024, after the successful completion of the Aerial Firefighting North America show, that the conference series will continue...

Indian Air Force Respond to Fires with Bambi Bucket Equipped Mi-17

The Coonoor forest range in the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, has been engulfed in relentless wildfires for nearly a week. Stepping up to combat this...

China Tackles Sichuan Forest Fire With Support of Domestically Developed UAV

China has dispatched the Wing Loong-2 large unmanned aerial vehicle to support teams tackling a forest fire in Sichuan province. The domestically developed large civil...

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