Originally Posted by
TBM-Legend
Busy in the America's. We've offered heavy air tankers from Canada and USA but no takers. These aircraft are now surrounded by snow..
What rubbish, we took a VLAT as soon as it’s available in the form of a DC10 that has been working daily since it got here. Taking any more is not practical as we don’t have the crews or craft to support a larger fleet. With the herc, Avros and the 737 and DC10 it’s a capable fleet (including the seven Vlats/lats, upped from 5 originally), not to mention the smaller bombers and helos including a Blackhawk. Wonder when we will see the ex army black hawks in operation?
For those advocating more aircraft, a good read can be had here of issues with their effectiveness
https://volunteerfirefighters.org.au...-magic-bullets