Credit: Samuel Marcham/Royal Air Force
LONDON—The UK government will equip Royal Air Force (RAF) airlifters and helicopters for future aerial firefighting missions after a record summer heatwave caused more than 1,300 wildfires. With climate change expected to cause longer, hotter and drier summers, the RAF’s Airbus A400Ms and Boeing CH...
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