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Used Hercules military aircraft to be sold, turned into waterbombers - Federal government expected to sell 10 C-130 Hercules aircraft to B.C.-based Coulson Aviation (www.cbc.ca)
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The conversion of the aircraft will happen in Port Alberni, B.C., and the first aircraft could be deployed to fight fires within 12 months.

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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Well that’s a relief. The previous plan of just retiring the three aircraft and not replacing them seemed nuts at the time. Hopefully Sproat Lake gets three, and Okanagan Lake gets at least one.