U.S. Firefighting Airtanker Modernization Impeded

Credit: Neptune Aviation
The U.S. will be facing yet another fire season with a dwindling number of aging airtankers. More than a year after the release of a solicitation for Next Generation Airtanker Services by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), progress toward a fleet of modern firefighting aircraft, adequate to meet the...

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