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  2. Aerial firefighting - Wikipedia

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    A wide variety of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft are used for aerial firefighting. In 2003, it was reported that "The U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management own, lease, or contract for nearly 1,000 aircraft each fire season, with annual expenditures in excess of US$250 million in recent years".

  3. Pinal Airpark - Wikipedia

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    The heliport is a private-use military facility operated by the Arizona Army National Guard. Pinal Airpark's primary function is to serve as a boneyard for civilian commercial aircraft, where the area's dry desert climate mitigates corrosion of the aircraft. It is the largest commercial aircraft storage and heavy maintenance facility in the ...

  4. Aircraft rescue and firefighting - Wikipedia

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    Airport firefighters have advanced training in the application of firefighting foams, dry chemical and clean agents used to extinguish burning aviation fuel in and around an aircraft in order to maintain a path for evacuating passengers to exit the fire hazard area. Further, should fire either be encountered in the cabin or extend there from an ...

  5. Modular Airborne FireFighting System - Wikipedia

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    A MAFFS II-equipped C-130 Hercules from the 302nd Airlift Wing drops water over the Hayman Fire burn scar during training in May 2021.. The Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS) is a self-contained unit used for aerial firefighting that can be loaded onto both military cargo transport Lockheed C-130 Hercules and Embraer C-390 Millennium, which then allows the aircraft to be used as an ...

  6. Category:Aircraft rescue and firefighting - Wikipedia

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    Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... GPX (secondary coordinates) Pages in category "Aircraft rescue and firefighting"

  7. Category:National parks in Arizona - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "National parks in Arizona" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. S. Saguaro National Park

  8. Rittenhouse Army Heliport - Wikipedia

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    Rittenhouse Army Heliport (FAA LID: AZ38) formally Williams Field Auxiliary No. 2 is an Arizona Army National Guard training airstrip 11.5 miles (10.0 nmi; 18.5 km) east of the central business district of Queen Creek, a city in Pinal County, Arizona, United States and 31 miles (27 nmi; 50 km) southeast of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

  9. Arizona Air National Guard - Wikipedia

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    It was equipped with F-51D Mustangs and its mission was the air defense of the state. 18 September 1947, however, is considered the Arizona Air National Guard's official birth concurrent with the establishment of the United States Air Force as a separate branch of the United States military under the National Security Act [6]