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Three aerial tankers and a pair of Air Attack planes came to the Santa Barbara Air Attack Station to fight the Perkins Fire in the Los Padres National Forest on Monday, June 19. Firefighting operations are continuing on Sunday June 25 as the Perkins Fire is 85% contained. Update: As of Monday, June 26, the Perkins fire is 100% contained, having burned just under 15,000 acres.
Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune N1386C Tanker 44 departing from Runway 25. Tanker 44 served the U.S. Navy as BuNo 128422. It is operated by Neptune Aviation Services, of Missoula, Montana.
Tanker 44 departing from Runway 25.
Tanker 44 departing from Runway 25.
Tanker 44 departing from Runway 25.
Tanker 44 departing from Runway 25.
Tanker 44 on approach to land on Runway 25.
Tanker 44 on approach to land on Runway 25.
CDF Grumman S-2F 3AT Turbo-Tracker, N436DF Tanker 76 landing on Runway 25. Tanker 76 served the U.S. Navy as BuNo 152337. It was retired to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center (MASDC) at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base as 1S0526 on April 18, 1975. It was transferred to Royal Australian Navy as N12-152337. It received its current registration on October 9, 2003.
Tanker 44 taxiing out of the Santa Barbara Air Attack Station.
Tanker 76 taxiing out of the Santa Barbara Air Attack Station.
Tanker 44 taking off from Runway 25.
Tanker 44 taking off from Runway 25.
Tanker 76 taking off from Runway 25.
California Department of Forestry (CDF) Grumman S-2F 3AT Turbo-Tracker, N439DF Tanker 74 on approach to land on Runway 25. Tanker 74 was delivered to VS-33 as BuNo 149854 in April 1963 and deployed to WestPac aboard USS Bennington (CVS-20). The U.S. Forestry Commission registered it as N509DF on August 21, 1996. It received its current registration on February 14, 2003, after it was re-equipped with turboprop engines.
Cessna T337D N2337, Air Attack 337 on approach to land on Runway 25.
Tanker 76 on approach to land on Runway 25.
Tanker 74 on approach to land on Runway 25.
Tanker 44 departing from Runway 25.
Tanker 76 departing from Runway 25.
California Department of Forestry (CDF) Grumman S-2F 3AT Turbo-Tracker, N439DF Tanker 74 on approach to land on Runway 25.
Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune N1386C Tanker 44 on approach to land on Runway 25.
Tanker 44
CDF Grumman S-2F 3AT Turbo-Tracker, N436DF Tanker 76 taxiing out to Runway 25.
Tanker 44 taxiing out to Runway 25.
Tanker 44
Tanker 74 on approach to land on Runway 25.
Tanker 76 on approach to land on Runway 25.
Tanker 76 taxiing out to Runway 25.
Tanker 44 on approach to land on Runway 25.
Tanker 74 taxiing out of the Santa Barbara Air Attack Station.
Refueling Tanker 44
Tanker 74 taking off from Runway 25.
CDF North American OV-10A Bronco, N403DF Air Attack 500 taxiing out of the Air Attack Station.
Tanker 76 taxiing out of the Air Attack Station.
Air Attack 500 taking off from Runway 25.
Air Attack 500
Air Attack 500
Grumman S-2F 3AT Turbo-Tracker, N436DF Tanker 76 taking off from Runway 25.
Tanker 76 taking off from Runway 7.
Rockwell 690B Turbo Commander, N700PQ Air Attack taxiing into the Air Attack Station. It is operated by Rogers Helicopters Incorporated of Fresno, California.
Tanker 44 starting its starboard R-3350 radial engine.
Tanker 44 taking off from Runway 7.
Tanker 74 taking off from Runway 7.
Aerial tankers
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A dozen photos of aerial tankers:
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress N17W Tanker 04, Santa Barbara, September 12, 1979
Douglas DC-7C N5903 Tanker 35, Santa Barbara, November 28, 1980
Douglas C-54E Cargomaster N460WA Tanker 151, Santa Ynez Valley, July 30, 1990
California Air National Guard C-130E Tanker 6, NAWS Pt. Mugu, April 25, 1998
Douglas C-54E Cargomaster N8502G Tanker 65, Santa Barbara Airport, May 5, 2004
Evergreen S-64E Skycrane N6979R Tanker 707, Santa Ynez Valley, May 7, 2004
Evergreen International Boeing 747 Supertanker, San Bernardino, May 31, 2006
Grumman S-2T Tracker N439DF Tanker 74, Santa Barbara Airport, June 19, 2006
Lockheed P2V-5 N1386C Tanker 44, Santa Barbara, June 19, 2006
Coulson Flying Tankers Martin JRM Hawaii Mars, Lake Elsinore, October 27, 2007
McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-30 10 Tanker Air Carrier Tanker 911, Mesa, Arizona 2011
BAE-146-200A N146FF Tanker 40, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, June 15, 2012
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You can buy a 2020 calendar featuring my photographs of California Department of Forestry fire fighting aircraft.
This calendar is dedicated to the men and women of CAL FIRE and honors those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for the citizens of California.
A dozen photos of California Department of Forestry fire fighting aircraft:
Grumman US-2A Tracker N416DF Tanker 96, Santa Barbara, September 13, 1979
Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat NX7195C Tanker E40, Beale Air Force Base, May 31, 1980
Grumman TS-2A Tracker N405DF Tanker 72, Santa Barbara, October 16, 1985
Grumman TS-2A Tracker N406DF Tanker 73, Santa Barbara, July 19, 1990
Grumman TS-2A Tracker N420DF Tanker 75, Santa Ynez Mountains. August 15, 2002
Bell UH-1H Huey N805EH, Santa Ynez Mountains. August 15, 2002
McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-10 Tanker 910, Victorville, June 17, 2005
Grumman S-2T Tracker N439DF Tanker 74, Santa Barbara, June 19, 2006
Grumman S-2T Tracker N436DF Tanker 76, Santa Barbara, June 19, 2006
North American OV-10A Bronco N403DF, Santa Barbara, June 19, 2006
Grumman S-2T Tracker N439DF Tanker 74, Santa Barbara, June 25, 2006
McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-10 Tanker 911, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, June 11, 2011
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You can buy a 2020 calendar featuring my photographs of Day Fire Tankers at Santa Barbara.
Aerial tankers fought the Day Fire from the Santa Barbara Air Attack Station for ten days, from Monday, September 18 to Wednesday September 27. Three Lockheed P-2 Neptunes and four Lockheed P-3 Orions visited the Air Attack Station during the fire. This calendar includes a dozen photos of those tankers:
Neptune Aviation Lockheed SP-2H Neptune, N4235T Tanker 09
Neptune Aviation Lockheed P2V-5F Neptune, N96264 Tanker 12
Neptune Aviation Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune, N1386C Tanker 44
Aero Union Lockheed P-3A-25 Orion, N920AU Tanker 20
Aero Union Lockheed P-3A-45 Orion, N921AU Tanker 21
Aero Union Lockheed P-3A-45 Orion, N922AU Tanker 22
Aero Union Lockheed P-3A-40 Orion, N925AU Tanker 25
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You can buy a 2020 calendar featuring my photographs of Firefighting Helicopters.
A dozen photos of firefighting helicopters.
Santa Barbara County Fire Department Bell UH-1H Huey N205FD Tanker 309
Santa Barbara County Fire Department Bell UH-1H Huey N205KS Tanker 308
Era Aviation Bell 212 N508EH
Marine Corps Boeing-Vertol CH-46F Sea Knight BuNo 155315 Tanker 906
Marine Corps Boeing-Vertol CH-46F Sea Knight BuNo 156426 Tanker 904
Columbia Helicopters Kawasaki-Vertol KV107-11 N184CH
Siller Brothers Sikorsky S-61N N15456
Evergreen Sikorsky S-64E Skycrane N6979R Tanker 707
Helicopter Transport Services Sikorsky CH-54B Skycrane N720HT Tanker 720
Erickson Air Crane Sikorsky S64E Skycrane N247AC 744
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