The United States will be sending four additional air tankers to Australia in the coming days to help out with the devastating bushfire season. See Bill Gabbert's January 4th article on Fire Aviation for more information.
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Here are two videos showing what tanker and helicopter pilots flying these fires are facing. A retired tanker pilot friend in the U.S. told me that while the conditions you will see in these videos seem very startling, that he had flown in similar conditions from time to time. The first video was released by the Australian Defence Department on Monday, January 6th.
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The second video is from Sky News, uploaded on January 4, 2020.
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CAL FIRE (CDF) S2T Tanker 71 working Sawtooth Complex Fire (2006)
Sawtooth Complex Fire (Sept. 2006), San Bernardino County CA. Photo Credit: U.S. Forest Service
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