Carrier training exists because past disasters proved what happens when crews are unprepared. From the USS Forrestal fire to ...
The dangers of fire on the flight deck were tragically highlighted in 1981 aboard the USS Nimitz. In this instance, an EA-6B Prowler was attempting to land and crashed into several F-14s. The ...
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WTAJ) — Local firefighters geared up for a special training course this week at Pittsburgh's Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting training center. "It's like walking up to a bonfire a ...
More than 1,000 hours of flight experience is required to become a captain of a firefighting and disaster relief helicopter ...
Kathryn Styer Martínez / OPB Firefighters Max Li and Owen Fortey worked in silence as they checked each other’s harnesses and flight gear, using hand taps and the thumbs up gesture to move through a ...
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has given coaching institutes one month to fix fire safety or face action. But a ground ...
Despite its proximity to the busy State Route 99, the CAL FIRE Vina Helitack Base is surprisingly peaceful and quiet — until it is suddenly not. With the loud thwop-thwop-thwop of helicopter rotors ...
Aviation Maintenance Firm Commercial Jet will modify aircraft into aerial firefighting airtanker at its Dothan, AL facility Neptune’s first A319 ...