Paris, Le Bourget, June 17, 2025. — During the Paris Air Show, Aramco ordered two Leonardo C-27J aircraft multi-mission with firefighting configuration, to be delivered starting from 2027. This order marks the first for the type in firefighter and multi-role configuration from a civil operator as well as the first order in the Middle East. Leer másAramco orders two Leonardo C-27J aircraft with firefighting system[…]
ALICANTE, Spain. May 22, 2025 — Avincis, Europe’s leading provider of emergency aerial services, has been awarded new firefighting contracts in Spain with the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) and the regional government of Castilla-La Mancha for 14 helicopters. The new contracts, build upon Avincis’ ongoing firefighting operations in collaboration Leer másAvincis secures firefighting contracts in Spain for 14 helicopters[…]
Story by Richard Golfenberg, New York National Guard SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. — New York Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews partnered with state Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers to hone their firefighting skills along the Hudson River near Schuylerville. May 8, 2025. The dozen Army aircrewmembers included Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Battalion, Leer másNew York National Guard UH-60 crews conduct firefighting training[…]
Mirabel, Canada (May 12, 2025) – Bell Textron Canada Limited, a Textron Inc. company, announces the completion of its 6,000th commercial aircraft at Commercial Delivery and Assembly Centre in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada with two SUBARU Bell 412EPX helicopters for operations by the Sûreté du Québec. Bell will deliver the aircraft to the Ministère des Transports et de Leer másBell celebrates its 6,000th commercial aircraft built at Mirabel[…]
Story by Lt. Col. Darrin Haas, Tennessee National Guard KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – At the request of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, the Tennessee National Guard provided four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from Knoxville’s 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion to fight wildfires in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, beginning August 27,2024.. Around 2:20 p.m. EST, Tennessee Leer másTennessee Guard UH-60 crews respond to Great Smoky Mountains wildfires[…]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina National Guard is assisting Colombia in dealing with dozens of wildfires. The country is State Partnership Program partner. To help emergency responders battle as many as 30 active fires in and around Bogota in late January, the South Carolina National Guard provided buckets to UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. “We Leer másSouth Carolina National Guard helps Colombia with its wildfires[…]
Getafe, Spain, 5 December 2023 – Airbus Defence and Space has conducted a new flight-test campaign with the Airbus A400M Firefighter (Roll-on/Roll-off firefighting prototype kit), dropping 20,000 litres of retardant and creating high concentration lines over 400 metres long. Over a period of two weeks, the A400M carried out a ground and flight-test campaign in south-western and Leer másAirbus upgrades A400M Firefighter prototype kit[…]
Story by Master Sgt. Ryan Campbell New York National Guard ELLENVILLE, N.Y. – NY Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk aircrews teamed up with the New York State Police and Department of Environmental Conservation to battle a wildfire in the Hudson Valley, Minnewaska State Park Reserve, in the Ulster County town of Ellenville. During the Leer másNY Army National Guard UH-60 crews fight Hudson Valley wildfire[…]
Getafe, 26 July 2022 –Airbus has successfully tested a removable firefighting demonstrator kit on the A400M new generation airlifter during a flight test campaign in Spain. The test campaign took place in daylight conditions with a minimum operating height of 150ft, flight speeds as low as 125 knots and drops involving up to 20 tonnes of water from Leer másAirbus successfully tests firefighting kit on A400M[…]