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Used Hercules military transports to be sold, turned into waterbombers
The conditional sale doubles Coulson Aviation Canada’s C-130H fleet to 20 aircraft and adds 4,000-gallon airtankers for wildfire response.
- On Friday, the federal government conditionally sold 10 retired Royal Canadian Air Force CC-130H Hercules aircraft to Coulson Aviation Canada, doubling the company's global C-130H fleet to 20.
- The RCAF retired these aircraft as it transitioned to modern CC-130J-class Hercules planes, while Canada faces increasingly complex wildfire seasons requiring enhanced aerial firefighting capacity.
- Coulson will convert the aircraft in Port Alberni, B.C., installing its proprietary RADS-XXL system capable of carrying up to 4,000 U.S. gallons, with the first planes ready within 12 months.
- Secretary of State for Defence Procurement Stephen Fuhr announced the deal in Abbotsford, B.C., stating it creates aerospace jobs while "helping deliver aircraft that are urgently needed for aerial firefighting."
- As the world's largest private aerial firefighting company, Coulson operates a mixed fleet of more than 60 aircraft and demonstrated Hercules capabilities at the Abbotsford International Airshow.
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Coulson Aviation is already using this type of aircraft "all over the world".
·Montreal, Canada
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The conversion will take place in British Columbia and the first aircraft could fight fires within 12 months.
·Montreal, Canada
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Old military transport aircraft to get new lease on life as waterbombers
Secretary of State for Defence Procurement Stephen Fuhr announced the Canadian government will sell 10 of its used C-130 Hercules aircraft to B.C.-based aerospace company Coulson Aviation, which will convert them into firefighting aircraft.
·Ottawa, Canada
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Feds announce sale of retired military planes to B.C. firefighting company
The federal government is selling its retired military transport aircraft to a British Columbia-based firefighting company in a move that Ottawa says will strengthen the country’s aerial wildfire response capabilities.
·Toronto, Canada
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