All photos by the author A New Jersey Army National Guard UH-60M Blackhawk of the 1-150th Aviation Battalion of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst training with a ‘Bambi Bucket’. This lightweight, strong, flexible fire fighting bucket...
The original YC-130 prototype first flew on August 23, 1954… that means we’re coming up on the 67th anniversary of the event. Originally designed as a cargo and troop transport with medivac mission capabilities,...
Looking Back at the Australian International Air Show and Trade Exibition of 2009 The largest air show in Australia had plenty of historic milestones to mark in 2009. The biennial event contained, for many...
P-2V Neptune at Alamogordo New Mexico Aerial Firefighting has changed in many ways during the past 90 years or so, since its inception here in the U.S.. In other ways it hasn’t changed very...
The Australian Defence Force is providing direct support to the current Australian bushfire crisis. ADF support will continue for as long as needed. Around 6,400 ADF personnel are supporting Operation BUSHFIRE ASSIST. The ADF’s...
Aerial firefighting is a crucial asset and a dangerous job; a recent event in Australia showed the worst case during an already tragic bushfire season in that country. A Coulson Aviation C-130 aerial tanker...
Wings Over Camarillo continued to step it up again this year as they introduced pyrotechnics to this year’s event. The show was held under beautiful skies and amazing temperatures on August 17th and 18th,...
Another EAA AirVenture has come and gone, and it’s time to take stock of what we saw. There were headlines, and behind-the-scenes stories that made splashes across social media sites and web sites around the...
North American Aviation/Rockwell’s OV-10 Bronco won a U.S. military competition for a Light Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft (LARA) which was announced in 1963. The LARA requirements included improvements over the current observation aircraft of the...
Monday, June 15, 2015 was a newsworthy day in the town of Willow, Alaska, about a two hour drive north of Anchorage. The nearby wildfire, known as the Sockeye Fire to forestry and firefighting...
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