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Paint design approved for USFS C-130H air tankers
C-130H paint design, by Scheme Designers The Chief of the U.S. Forest Service has approved the paint design for the seven C-130H aircraft the agency is receiving from the Coast Guard. The National...
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Status of C-23B Sherpas transferred to USFS from the Army
C-23B. Department of Defense photo. There is not a great deal of new information to report about the 15 Sherpa C-23B aircraft that were transferred from the U.S. Army to the U.S. Forest Service. The...
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When will the last USFS DC-3 TP retire?
J-42, a U.S. Forest Service DC-3 TP at its retirement ceremony at Ogden, Utah, October 24, 2012. USFS photo. Since one of the two U.S. Forest Service DC-3 TPs retired in 2012 and was sold in 2013,...
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Update on the USFS C-23B
C-23B. USFS photo. It has been almost six months since we provided an update on the 15 Sherpa C-23B aircraft that were scheduled to be transferred from the U.S. Army to the U.S. Forest Service. The...
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Former USFS pilots criticize the retirement of the last DC-3
One of the fifteen C-23B Sherpa aircraft that were transferred from the U.S. Army to the U.S. Forest Service. They will be used for hauling smokejumpers and cargo, replacing the 70-year old DC-3 and...
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USFS smokejumper aircraft replacement
C-23B. USFS photo. The information below is from the U.S. Forest Service, and addresses the use of the 15 C-23B aircraft that were authorized to be transferred from the U.S. Army to the USFS by...
View ArticleMore details about Neptune’s Sherpa maintenance contract
KGVO radio, in the video above, interviewed Kevin Condit of Neptune Aviation about the contract the company received June 30, 2015 for maintenance on the C-23B Sherpa aircraft the U.S. Forest Service...
View ArticleThe last Forest Service DC-3 retires
The last DC-3 operated by the U.S. Forest Service retired this week following a ceremony at the Missoula smokejumper base.
View ArticleUSFS Sherpas to get glass flight decks
The analog instrumentation on the Sherpa aircraft the U.S. Forest Service obtained from the Army will be converted to glass flight decks using the Garmin G950 system. The work is being done by Field...
View ArticleNeptune completes their part of the conversion process on two USFS Sherpas
Photo above: C-23Bs being worked on by Neptune Aviation. Neptune photo. Neptune Aviation has finished their portion of the process of converting two of the U.S. Forest Service C-23B Sherpa aircraft to...
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The U.S. Army transferred 15 to the U.S. Forest Service
View ArticleThis year will likely be the farewell tour for P2V air tankers
Above: A P2V air tanker on final approach at Redding, California, August 7, 2014. Photo by Bill Gabbert. (Updated at 8:50 a.m. MST January 12, 2016) The U.S. Forest Service expects to issue a new round...
View ArticleSmokejumper aircraft experiences problem during landing
Due to an issue with an engine on the C-23A Sherpa, the crew idled it, but during landing the engine went to takeoff power uncommanded.
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