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First look: New state-of-the-art firefighting aircraft ready for action
- hindsightbias 4y agoIntel 24, a second a/c out of Sacramento, was active during the Vacaville and Napa fires last month. https://www.csfa.net/CSFA/CalFF/articles/Guest_Columns/FIRIS__Fire_Integrated_Real_time_Intelligence_System_provides_real-time_fire_incident_intelligence.aspx https://www.csfa.net/CSFA/CalFF/articles/Guest_Columns/FIRIS...
- mikece 4y agoBased on the Beechcraft King Air 200, the same aircraft used by shadowy groups funded by the "black budget" for hunting terrorists, drug lords, or anyone else the DoD or the three-letter-agencies designate as a High Value Target. This is pretty much the same mission profile -- airborne surveillance -- but with a different sensor package. Makes me wonder if Predator or Global Hawk UAVs, or retired P-3 Orion aircraft could be used in a similar role. Spy planes are spy planes...