NEWs & Updates

Coulson Aviation Secures $16 Million Year-Round Firefighting Contract to Protect Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura Counties

Thermal, California – November 29, 2023 – Coulson Aviation is pleased to announce it was awarded a $16 million firefighting contract to continue supporting Southern California’s Quick Reaction Force (QRF) year-round throughout 2024, with an option to continue through...

Coulson Aviation extends aerial firefighting support to South America via new contracts in Chile for the C-130H Hercules Large AirTanker and Citation 550

Thermal, California – November 14, 2023 – Coulson Aviation is pleased to announce it has been awarded a three-year firefighting contract with Chile’s Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF) for a C-130H Hercules Large AirTanker and a Citation 550 air attack lead plane...

Coulson Aviation Procures World’s Only CH-47D Level D Full Flight Simulator and a UH-60A/L Level D Simulator

Thermal, California – October 24, 2023 – Coulson Aviation, a world leader in aerial firefighting, has significantly increased its training capabilities via the procurement of two Level D full flight simulators – the world’s only CH-47D simulator and one of two...

Coulson Aviation Secures ANAC Certification for Aircraft Maintenance

THERMAL, California, September 12, 2023 - Coulson Aviation, a world leader in aerial firefighting, has received certification from the Administración Nacional de Aviación Civil (ANAC) of Argentina to perform aircraft maintenance on Argentinian-registered aircraft....

COULSON AVIATION SECURES 10-YEAR AIRTANKER CONTRACT WITH UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE

THERMAL, California. August 21, 2023 - Coulson Aviation, a world leader in aerial firefighting, is one of five organizations that have been awarded a ten-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Large Airtanker (LAT) firefighting contract with the U.S. Forest...

COULSON AVIATION CONTINUES TO SUPPORT DAY AND NIGHT AERIAL FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS VIA LOS ANGELES COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY, AND VENTURA COUNTY YEAR-ROUND CONTRACT AWARD

LOS ANGELES – July 13, 2023 – Coulson Aviation is pleased to announce its selection as the only private helicopter operator for the fifth consecutive year to support Southern California’s Quick Reaction Force (QRF) to fight wildfires. Contracting with Los Angeles,...

THE MARTIN MARS & COULSON AVIATION

The Coulson team received many inquiries about the Martin Mars because people across Canada have been negatively affected by wildfires early this fire season. Our time with the Martin Mars has been an incredible experience. As a family-owned company, we were blessed...

Australian TSB Releases Preliminary Report on N619SW

Coulson Aviation Australia has acknowledged publication of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s preliminary factual report into the collision with terrain of one of our B737 FIRELINER aerial firefighting aircraft on 6 February 2023. The preliminary report contains...

Coulson Aviation Provides Aerial Firefighting Support to Argentina through Canadian Commercial Corporation

Port Alberni, B.C. – February 22, 2023 - Coulson Aviation announced that it is providing aerial firefighting support services to Argentina via a CDN $6.8 million dollar government to government (G2G) contract between the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) and...

Coulson’s C130 Large Air Tanker Contract Extended

Coulson Aviation's C130 Large Air Tanker will be supporting Western Australian communities through to the end of March after the contract was extended. Tanker 132 is contracted to Western Australia's Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) and is based out of...
Coulson Aviation Secures ANAC Certification for Aircraft Maintenance

Coulson Aviation Secures ANAC Certification for Aircraft Maintenance

THERMAL, California, September 12, 2023 - Coulson Aviation, a world leader in aerial firefighting, has received certification from the Administración Nacional de Aviación Civil (ANAC) of Argentina to perform aircraft maintenance on Argentinian-registered aircraft....

THE MARTIN MARS & COULSON AVIATION

The Coulson team received many inquiries about the Martin Mars because people across Canada have been negatively affected by wildfires early this fire season. Our time with the Martin Mars has been an incredible experience. As a family-owned company, we were blessed...

Australian TSB Releases Preliminary Report on N619SW

Australian TSB Releases Preliminary Report on N619SW

Coulson Aviation Australia has acknowledged publication of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s preliminary factual report into the collision with terrain of one of our B737 FIRELINER aerial firefighting aircraft on 6 February 2023. The preliminary report contains...

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