A400M Military Plane Carries Out First Firefighting Mission in France
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Fire in Gironde: "The Staff Stayed in the south"... but Why Did the A400M Return to Istres at Night?
On Saturday 25 July, the French government mobilised for the first time the A400M in Gironde to fight the fires. The military aircraft, capable of dropping 20,000 litres of water, nevertheless had to return to...
President Macron moved yesterday to Gironde to support the firefighters deployed against the megafire south of Bordeaux. If France has a fleet of 12 Canadair, only seven were available this weekend because of the maintenance operations. And if the polemics aggravate the executive, the highly publicized deployment of the A 400M is indeed a pitfall – the military aircraft with impressive drop-off capabilities is actually much less flexible, and in…
Deployed for the first time in France to fight fires, the military aircraft also offers some arguments in defence of the government.
In addition to the firefighters, the army is at work in the air with the A400M aircraft. Never had such a military aircraft been put in the service of fire fighting. It carried out two first drops this Saturday and carried 20,000 litres of delaying product. How can this liquid change the deal? The weapon is ultra strategic to contain the progression of flames. It allows to slow down the flames, to direct them and the troops on the ground to exti…
In France, strong winds are pushing the flames closer to the city of Bordeaux, where the country's largest wildfire is raging. For the first time, a converted military transport aircraft, the A400M, has been sent to fight the fire, which can drop 20 tons of water. The aircraft was converted for firefighting in 15 days and can drop as much water as three Canadairs in a single flight.
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