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As a result, contracts were entered into with four California contractors, Aero Union Corp., Sis-Q Flying Service, TBM Inc. and Hemet Valley Flying Service to modify and tank ten S-2 air tankers during the 1973/1974 winter period. As a result, 12 S-2As were placed in service in 1974 and five more were built by Bay Aviation Services and put into ...
CAL FIRE contracted in the past with 10 Tanker Air Carrier for three years' of exclusive use of their McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 heavy air tanker known as Tanker 910 for aerial firefighting at a cost of $5 million per year. Additional access was also provided to DC-10-30 air tankers, being Tanker 911 and Tanker 912. In 2014 Tanker 910 was ...
A year later, the OV-10 replaced the Cessna 337 as Air Attack 310 based at Ryan. In June 2001, Cal Fire replaced the older S-2As at Ryan with Tanker 72 and 73. The new tankers are S-2F3AT Turbine Tanker conversions with upgrades including constant flow 1200 gallon tanks and turbine engines allowing for better capabilities and performance. [5]
A Cal Fire employee works on the interior of a 1984 C-130H air tanker on Thursday. The aircraft is being retrofitted to hold a 4,000-gallon tank for flame retardant.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday unveiled his revised $288 billion budget proposal with a $28 billion deficit that will require tough budget cuts — including eliminating 10,000 now-vacant ...
A C-119C which was operated by Hemet Valley Flying Service as Tanker 82 before being retired, now at the Milestones of Flight Museum, Fox Field, Lancaster, California Tanker 64, a C-130A, operated by TBM, Inc. and one of the aircraft involved in the exchange program; it now serves as a flight test aircraft at the Mojave Spaceport.
The Santa Maria Airport serves as an aerial firefighting air tanker base for the U.S. Forest Service as well as for state and local firefighting agencies in California. [21] Aerial firefighting air tanker aircraft operating from the airport have included the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 wide body jet flown by 10 Tanker Air Carrier, the McDonnell ...
An aerial tanker combats the Airport Fire, a wildfire burning in the hills of Orange County, California, U.S., September 9, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake