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Photos of aircraft working the Bighorn Fire near Tucson

Bill Gabbert18. June 202020. June 2020Fixed wing, HelicoptersArizona, Bighorn Fire, Blackhawk, T-105, T-164, T-9102 Comments

As of June 17 the fire had burned over 31,000 acres five miles north of the city

Bighorn Fire RJ85 — An RJ85 operated by Aero Flite. Ned Harris photo.

Ned Harris sent us these excellent photos of air tankers and helicopters assisting firefighters on the Bighorn Fire, which as of yesterday had burned over 31,000 acres five miles north of Tucson, Arizona. Thanks Ned!

More information about the Bighorn Fire is at Wildfire Today.

Chinook Bighorn Fire — Billings Helicopters and Heligroup Chinooks. Ned Harris photo.

Bighorn Fire Tanker 164, an RJ85 — Tanker 164, an RJ85 operated by Aero Flite. Ned Harris photo.

Bighorn Fire Tanker 105 Tanker 10 BAe-146 — Tanker 105 (foreground), an MD-87 (N295EA) operated by Erickson Aero Tanker, and Tanker 10, a BAe-146 (N472NA) operated by Neptune Aviation. Ned Harris photo.

Sikorsky UH-60A Bighorn Fire — A Sikorsky UH-60A operated by Coulson/Unical. N160CD. Ned Harris photo.

Bighorn Fire Tanker 910, a DC-10 — Tanker 910, a DC-10 operated by 10 Tanker Air Carrier drops on the Bighorn Fire. N612AX. Ned Harris photo.

Excellent video of RJ85 drop on Carr Fire

Bill Gabbert31. July 2018Fixed wingAvro RJ85, California, Carr Fire, T-1641 Comment

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Air tankers at Medford fighting the Klamathon Fire

Bill Gabbert6. July 201811. December 2019Fixed wingMedford, Oregon, T-101, T-102, T-164, T-914, T-93, T-94, T-95, T-96

Above: T-93 departs Medford, Oregon for the Klamathon Fire in California. All photos by Tim Crippin July 5, 2018.

Tim Crippin took these photos July 5 of eight air tankers that were fighting the Klamathon Fire and reloading at Medford, Oregon.

As of Friday morning the fire just across the state line in California had burned approximately 8,000 acres and multiple structures. A civilian who has not yet been identified died in the fire.

air tanker Medford Klamthon Fire — T-914

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A busy day at Reno Stead

Bill Gabbert18. July 201718. July 2017Fixed wingNevada, Reno Stead, T-02, T-03, T-164, T-41

The Great Basin Coordination Center distributed this photo on Twitter Monday at 6:50 p.m., saying “Busy day at Stead”.

I counted nine air tankers:

Four Neptune BAe-146’s
One Erickson Aero Tanker MD-87
One SEAT
One Aero-Flite RJ 85
Two Aero-Flite CL-415’s

I’m not sure what fires they are working on but the 83,000-acre Long Valley Fire is 16 miles north of the airport and there are several others 140 to 230 miles to the northeast but Battle Mountain tanker base is closer to those.

Below, a DC-10 drops on the Long Valley Fire.

#LongValleyFire has reached 40% containment and has grown to 83k acres. Crews continue to make progress and watch the weather. pic.twitter.com/IoYPTSzalX
— BLM Nevada (@blmnv) July 18, 2017