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Brussels explains firefighting fleet details

Four aircraft assigned to Italy in Summer 2024: this is the list

The European Union has assigned four aircraft to Italy: two medium amphibious planes and two light ones. In total, 28 firefighting planes and four helicopters will be active in summer 2024 at 10 EU Member States. This is what the European "RescEu" program provides, that is the civil protection mechanism that mobilizes fixed and rotary wing assets from various countries to make up for the shortcomings...

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Brussels, Belgium, 05/22/2024 10:28
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Greece announces the purchase of seven Canadair DHC-515 firefighting planes. The order will be finalized by the end of March 2024. The value of the deal amounts to approximately 360 million euros overall.... more

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