Aerial Firefighting

Coulson firebomber Boeing 737 crash report

16th January 2025

Australian investigators have released the final report into a non-fatal incident which saw a Coulson Aviation Boeing 737 impact a ridgeline during a firefighting operation in Western Australia.

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Spartan testbed trials MAFFS II

3rd July 2024

Leonardo’s C-27J Spartan testbed (CSX62127) is seen here returning to its home base at Turin-Caselle Airport in northern Italy on May 30 after spending several weeks at Taranto-Grottaglie Airport in southern Italy, where it performed tests with the type’s new aerial firefighting system, the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System II (MAFFS II).

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Netherlands opts to sell retired CH-47Ds over Ukraine transfer

29th March 2023

The Dutch MOD recently announced plans to sell six of its ‘obsolete’ Boeing CH-47D Chinook heavy-lift tactical transport helicopters to the Billings Flying Service in Montana, after evaluating that it would be difficult to transfer these specific airlifters to the Ukrainian Armed Forces

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Holanda opta por vender los CH-47D retirados frente al traspaso a Ucrania

29th March 2023

El Ministerio de Defensa neerlandés anunció recientemente sus planes de vender seis de sus helicópteros de transporte táctico pesado Boeing CH-47D Chinook "obsoletos" al Billings Flying Service de Montana, tras evaluar que sería difícil transferir estos aparatos específicos a las Fuerzas Armadas ucranianas.

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Brazilian C-130M deploys to fight forest fires in Chile

15th February 2023

A Lockheed C-130M Hercules from the Brazilian Air Force has been dispatched to Chile to help fight the more than 300 estimated forest fires that are currently raging across the country’s central and southern regions

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Despliegue de un C-130M brasileño para combatir los incendios forestales en Chile

15th February 2023

Un Lockheed C-130M Hércules de la Fuerza Aérea Brasileña (FAB) ha sido enviado a Chile para ayudar a combatir los más de 300 incendios forestales que se calcula que están arrasando actualmente las regiones central y meridional del país.

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First Algerian Be-200ChS seaplane unveiled in Russia

6th January 2023

The first Beriev Be-200ChS (Be-200ES) amphibious aircraft ordered by Algeria has been publicly unveiled in Russia prior to it undergoing flight tests

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Portugal encarga seis Black Hawks para ayudar a combatir los incendios

3rd September 2022

La Força Aérea Portuguesa (FAP) ha encargado seis Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks para proporcionar apoyo adicional a los recursos del país en la lucha contra los incendios forestales rurales.

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Portugal orders six Black Hawks to help fight fires

3rd September 2022

Six Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks have been ordered by the Portuguese Air Force to provide additional support to the country’s resources in fighting rural wildfires

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Eight killed after Russian Navy Be-200ChS crashes in Turkey

14th August 2021

All eight personnel on board were killed when a Russian Navy Beriev Be-200ChS multi-purpose amphibian crashed into a mountain in Turkey while engaged in fire-fighting operations on August 14

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Greek Dromader crashes during firefighting operations

9th August 2021

While carrying out a fire-fighting mission on August 8, Hellenic Air Force PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader serial number 128, crashed at Machairado on the island of Zakynthos

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