Daher delivered two new TBM 960 ‘Birddog’ aircraft to the Canadian-based Conair Group for use in aerial firefighting ...

Aerial firefighting companies supplement federal and state firefighting fleets, and their services are in high demand.

U.S. aerobatic aircraft manufacturer Game Composites ... integration and accelerate development of the planned GB2 aerial firefighting aircraft. Based in Bentonville, Arkansas, the company has ...

Aircraft that douse flames with water and bright red Phos-Chek fire retardant are a common sight in California. Aerial ...

Two planes important to aerial firefighting missions are air tankers, which carry and drop the fire retardant, and the lead plane, a smaller, more nimble aircraft that flies ahead. The lead plane ...

aerial firefighting aircraft. Deliveries will commence in 2025 and will support De Havilland Canada’s program to produce the DHC-515 aircraft. The design, development, and production of these ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ... also grounded some planes early on from their aerial missions. The last DC-10 aircraft rolled off the McDonnell Douglas production ...

Cal Fire’s fleet of fixed and rotary-wing aircraft make it the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet in the world. If air traffic controller is one of the most stressful jobs and firefighting ...