Canada Conditionally Sells 10 Retired C-130Hs For Firefighting

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Credit: Cpl. Kastleen Strome, Royal Canadian Air Force
The Canadian government on Aug. 7 announced the conditional sale of 10 retired Lockheed Martin C-130Hs to British Columbia-based Coulson Aviation, which could allow the airlifters to join the civil fleet fighting the country’s raging wildfires. Coulson intends to modify the former military aircraft...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.

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