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    Aerial firefighting, also known as waterbombing, is the use of aircraft and other aerial resources to combat wildfires. The types of aircraft used include...
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    structural firefighting and wildland firefighting. Specialized training includes aircraft firefighting, shipboard firefighting, aerial firefighting, maritime...
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    scientific research support, weather reconnaissance, aerial refueling, maritime patrol, and aerial firefighting. It is now the main tactical airlifter for many...
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  • and Aerial Firefighting is an aviation museum located at the South Big Horn County Airport in Greybull, Wyoming focused on the history of aerial firefighting...
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    Air Tractor AT-802 (category Aerial firefighting aircraft)
    However, a number of aircraft have been converted to the Fire Boss aerial firefighting configuration, which utilizes Wipaire 10000 amphibious floats, so...
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    747 Supertanker (category Aerial firefighting aircraft)
    The 747 Supertanker is a retired aerial firefighting airtanker derived from various Boeing 747 models. The aircraft is rated to carry up to 19,600 US...
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  • 146-200 aircraft as aerial firefighting air tankers. Conair Group - currently flies converted Avro RJ85 aircraft as aerial firefighting air tankers. First...
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    Grande, Arizona. On display PB4Y-2 59701 – Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting in Greybull, Wyoming. 59819 – Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson...
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    suspended on a cable carried by a helicopter to deliver water for aerial firefighting. The design of the buckets allows the helicopter to hover over a...
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    Fire retardant (category Aerial firefighting)
    body. Aerial firefighting Ammonium polyphosphate, a fire retardant Flame retardant List of fire-retardant materials Modular Airborne FireFighting System...
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    portal Containerized firefighting equipment Electric fire engine Fire appliances in the United Kingdom Glossary of firefighting terms Jan van der Heyden...
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    Wayback Machine, 3 April 2017 edition: FIREFIGHTING - BAE Systems discusses role of its aircraft in the aerial firefighting industry "Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and...
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    A firefighting apparatus (North American English) or firefighting appliance (UK English) describes any vehicle that has been customized for use during...
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    Canadair CL-415 (category Aerial firefighting aircraft)
    is based on the Canadair CL-215 and is designed specifically for aerial firefighting; it can perform various other roles, such as search and rescue and...
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    as an aerial firefighting air tanker base for the U.S. Forest Service as well as for state and local firefighting agencies in California. Aerial firefighting...
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    Lockheed EC-130Q Hercules, owned by Coulson Aviation, crashed while aerial firefighting for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service during Australia's black...
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  • Neptune Aviation (category Aerial firefighting)
    is an aerial firefighting company based out of Missoula International Airport in Missoula, Montana. It provides aerial support and firefighting to the...
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    denied with the reason given by the FAA that it would have allowed aerial firefighting retardant drops in a configuration that does not fully meet the stall...
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    DC-10 Air Tanker (category Aerial firefighting aircraft)
    American wide-body jet air tankers, which have been in service as an aerial firefighting unit since 2006. The aircraft, operated by the joint technical venture...
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    Canadair CL-215 (category Aerial firefighting aircraft)
    designed in the 1960s. From an early stage, it was developed to perform aerial firefighting operations as a water bomber; to operate well in such a capacity...
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    restrictions on topdressing near waterways. Agricultural drone Aerial topdressing Aerial firefighting Aerial application Pesticide drift Notable cropduster pilots...
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    specially designed aerial firefighting aircraft, fire engines, tools, firefighting foams, fire retardants, and using various firefighting techniques, wildfire-trained...
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    National Aerial Firefighting Centre (NAFC) is a not-for-profit company that manages and coordinates Australia's national aerial firefighting fleet. The...
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    Structure fire (category Firefighting)
    structures in their area. This plan may include mobilizing the nearest aerial firefighting vehicle to a tower block, or a foam-carrying vehicle to structures...
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    Smokejumper (category Aerial firefighting)
    were conducted in 1934 in Utah and in the Soviet Union. Earlier, aerial firefighting experiments had been conducted with air delivery of equipment and...
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  • send waterbombers to Israel to assist aerial firefighting against major wildfires. Russia will send two firefighting aircraft. Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, and...
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    undeveloped areas. Specialized models have also been produced for aerial firefighting and zero-G training. The aircraft was conceived by Ilyushin in 1967...
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    Coulson Aviation (category Aerial firefighting)
    Canada. The company's fleet specialises in air tankers used for aerial firefighting. It operates in Canada, the United States, Australia and Chile. The...
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    the aircraft continues to fly as a waterbomber (or airtanker) in aerial firefighting operations in some parts of the world. The PBY was originally designed...
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    Eurocopter AS532 Cougar (category Aerial firefighting helicopters)
    The Eurocopter AS532 Cougar (now Airbus Helicopters H215M) is a twin-engine, medium-weight, multipurpose helicopter developed by Eurocopter. The AS532...
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