There are 12 Fire Boss amphibious aircraft in Australia.
The National Aerial Firefighting Fleet comprises approximately 150 contracted aircraft ranging from Large Air Tankers to helicopters and light fixed-wing aircraft.
The biggest firefighting aircraft in Australia at the moment is a Boeing 737 water bomber, leased by the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) and available year-round — known as 'Gaia'.
The tally of water bombers in Canada's core fleet, not including those currently on loan from other countries or on short-term contracts, is around 106 that are considered "dispatch-ready" — airworthy and able to fly.
The average pay for a Smoke Jumper is AUD 79,629 a year and AUD 38 an hour in Australia. The average salary range for a Smoke Jumper is between AUD 57,173 and AUD 95,873.
Other countries besides the United States—including Russia, Mongolia, and Canada—use smokejumpers. Russia has the most. They employ several thousand more than any other country. Airplanes drop smokejumpers near a fire.
There are nine smokejumper bases located strategically throughout the Western United States; all are in close proximity to large, roadless, wildlands. Shown here is the Aerial Fire Depot base in Missoula, Montana. Of the approximately 400 active smokejumpers in the United States, 70 are based here.
While numbers can vary based on availability, there are only 141 bombers in the US Air Force at present. However, while that might not seem like a lot, the damage they can unleash certainly is.
There are currently only three countries that operate strategic bombers: the United States, Russia and China.
The RAAF provides support across a spectrum of operations such as air superiority, precision strikes, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, air mobility, space surveillance, and humanitarian support. The RAAF has 252 aircraft, of which 84 are combat aircraft.
According to the report, Australia Army has a total of 59 combat tanks and 2040 armoured fighting vehicles.
The RAAF has about 700 pilots and less than 100 of these would be fighter pilots.
The People's Liberation Army Air Force operates a large and varied fleet of some 4,000 aircraft, of which around 2,566 are combat aircraft (fighter, attack, and bombers). According to FlightGlobal, China has the second-largest active combat aircraft fleet and the third-largest total aircraft fleet in the world.
There are a total of [ 91 ] WW2 German Bombers entries in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order (1-to-Z).
Strategic aviation units form the Long-range Aviation Command of the Russian Air and Space Force. The commander -- Maj. -General Sergey Kobylash -- was appointed by a presidential decree on 16 September 2016. As of early 2020, the Long-range Aviation Command was estimated to include 66 operational strategic bombers.
Russia, on the other hand, has roughly 370 MiG-29, -31 and -35 fighters as well as 350 Su-27, -30 and -35 fighters, according to Flight International's almanac.
Smokejumper Qualifications. Smokejumpers are expected to know how to fight fires before they arrive at training camp. At least one season (three to six months) of wilderness firefighting experience is required of all applicants. This experience must include instruction in basic firefighting techniques.
The average age of an American smokejumper is 35, while the average age of recruits is 22.
The United States has about 450 jumpers at nine smokejumper bases across the western U.S. (Conversely, Russia uses about 4,000 jumpers.)
The Vigili del Fuoco were named the world's best firefighters at a competition known as 'the firefighting Oscars', in recognition of their work in assisting the earthquake-hit population of central Italy.
Smokejumping was born on the Nez Perce National Forest. It was on the Nez Perce National Forests's Moose Creek Ranger District that Rufus Robinson of Kooskia, Idaho and Earl Cooley, of Hamilton, Montana, made the nation's first “live” fire jump, at the Martin Creek Fire on July 12, 1940.
Hotshots are a National Resource and their deployment is controlled at the National Level. Hotshot crews are considered the most highly trained, skilled and experienced wildland firefighters, along with Smokejumpers. They are qualified to provide leadership for initial-attack and extended-attack on wildland fires.