Maui Is Deploying Water Tanks Around The Island To Help Fight Fires

The tanks hold thousands of gallons of water so firefighters have a ready supply, especially in dryer and harder to reach ...
Hoodline

Maui Stashes Giant Water Tanks To Speed Chopper Attacks On Wildfires

Local mitigation groups call staged water one more tool in a layered defense. The Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization ...
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The Black Hawk's First Blood: The Tank-Killer Chopper Over Grenada

During the 1983 invasion of Grenada, a new kind of warrior entered the fray. As Chief Warrant Officer Dave Bramel flew his ...
Los Angeles Times

Laguna Beach to pursue purchase of helicopter refilling tanks

The Laguna Beach City Council took a step forward in helping the city’s fire department to fight wildfires, unanimously approving the purchase of a helicopter refilling tank system and providing ...
Newsday

Urban fires can mean long trips for helicopters to get water. One firefighter had a better idea

CABAZON, Calif. — Mark Whaling and a crew raced up and down a hill in a tanker truck as they battled a wildfire in Los Angeles County, scrambling to get water from a street hydrant in time to stay ...
The National Interest

Watch This Futuristic Army Attack Helicopter Destroy Russia’s Best Tank

The call goes over the radio as three T-14 Armatas – Russia’s most advanced tank – explode under a salvo of missiles. Their killers — American attack helicopters – swoop away in search of fresh prey.
The New York Times

A Rarely Seen Weapon Destroys a Helicopter in Afghanistan

Another Afghan helicopter was hit in January by an anti-tank guided missile in southern Afghanistan, in a swath of territory long contested by the Taliban. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Mujib Mashal An ...