In August of 2021, New South Wales (Australia) sent the Marie Bashir, a 737 air tanker to the United States for a 45 day deployment. I greatly appreciated the assistance of the Marie Basir air tanker, her pilots and the rest of her crew in helping our wildland firefighters on the ground work wildfires in the western United States. This year, the government of New South Wales is again assisting the United States by deploying the Marie Bashir to the United States to help our wildland firefighters on the ground and in the air fight wildfires. Thank-you to the crew of the Marie Bashir and the government of New South Wales for coming to our assistance.
Direct link to video from Sky News Australia on YouTube
I understand that the Marie Bashir left Australia on or about August 6th and arrived in Boise on or about August 11th. As you will see from the Facebook post from the NSW Rural Fire Service that I embedded below, she has arrived in Boise, Idaho and was flown two fires, the Four Corners Fire in Idaho and Pete's Fire in Utah. You may also want to see the news report from the Australian Rural and Regional News (August 8, 2022) for more information.
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