The Macedonian Air Force was put into action with two Mi-17 helicopters, one of which called for the return from Bosnia and Herzegovina where it serves a EUFOR mission to be deployed in the effort. © IGOR BOZINOVSKI Slovenian Air Force's Bell 412EP Meanwhile, the Canadair CL-215 left for Turkey on 27 July, leaving behind its Ka-32AO helicopter to continue its work to extinguish the forest fires.
The build up of a firefighting fleet continued with two Bell UH-1D Huey helicopters (serials 71+36 and 72+46), part of Germany's contingent of NATO-led international Kosovo Force (KFOR), which arrived from its base in the neighbouring UN-controlled south Serbian province of Kosovo. © IGOR BOZINOVSKI Germany's contingent of NATO-led international Kosovo Force (KFOR), operated the Heeresflieger UH-1D 71 Turkish flagged helicopter was a Bamby Bucket-equipped Kamov Ka-32AO helicopter (registered LZ-MRK), owned by Skorpion Air from Bulgaria. The Bell was equipped with water dropping device, the firefighting Bamby Bucket.Ĭanadair CL-215 firefighting aircraft (registered I-SRME) and operated by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality arrived from Turkey on 25 July with another Turkish flagged helicopter which arrived later in the day. Slovenia's Air Force sent a Bell 412EP (serial H2-35) helicopter that arrived Petrovec air force base in Macedonia on 24 July at 22.00 local time after a ferry flight from Brnik air base. © IGOR BOZINOVSKI Macedonian Air Force's Mi-17
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The air forces of Slovenia, Croatia, Turkey and Germany sent specialised firefighting aircraft to the Republic of Macedonia in response to an urgent request by NATO's Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre for help to put out a wave of forest fires ravaging the country's woodland in July.įollowing the Macedonian appeal, Croatia sent one of its four Bombardier CL-415 fire-fighting aircraft (serial number 866, c/n 2046), operating with Croatian Air Force's 855 firefighting squadron from its home base at Zemunik, near Zadar. The aircraft operated with two crews plus four mechanics.
Decade of Airline Excellence Awards 2020.
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