Guatemala Wildfire Aircraft Unveiled 23 Oct

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Guatemala City, Oct 23 (EFE) – The Guatemalan Air Force (FAG) added four new aircraft on Friday to strengthen its efforts to combat forest fires and other emergencies. This support comes at a time when the drought could worsen in the country due to the El Niño climate phenomenon. Authorities […] The post Guatemala Adds Four New Aircraft to Fight Fires and Other Emergencies appeared first on HolaNews.

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With information from Fernando Castellanos | The Guatemalan Air Force (FAG) officially added four new aircraft to its operational fleet with the goal of strengthening the State's capabilities in emergency management, national security, and the conservation of the country's protected areas. The initiative to acquire this equipment arose in […]

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Guatemala City, Oct 23 (Latin Press) The president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, today led a ceremony to present four Turbo Thrush aircraft purchased from the United States to fight fires and deal with medical emergencies.The post Guatemala presented four planes purchased to fight fires first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.

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For its part, the three Thrush aircraft, valued at a total of $18 million, will be used to fight forest fires.The acquisition of these equipment responds to the increase in the magnitude and complexity of the forest fires in Guatemala, as well as to the risks faced by the military during the extinction operations.The objective is for the aircraft to intervene in the early stages of the fires, while the personnel deployed on the ground will conti…