A new base for Single Engine Air Tankers (SEATs) was dedicated at the Chadron Municipal Airport in Nebraska on Saturday, April 16. Thanks to the Nebraska legislature’s passage in 2013 of the Wildfire Control Act, three SEAT bases are now available in the northwest part of the state. Last year a contracted SEAT came on duty July 15. Other bases managed by the Nebraska Forest Service (NFS) are at Valentine (see photo below), and Alliance. A fourth base is scheduled for construction at North Platte Regional Airport later this year.
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This is very good! A State that is taking moving forward to protect their resources and people. While other state can’t make a decision on what to do and numerous Federal air tanker bases gone or just filler-up places it is good to see a little light at the end of the fire aviation tunnel. Is that a Cal Fire engine in the background? I thought their engines had G.P.S.
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