Do you want to fly planes or helicopters for a living? Do you especially have a desire to fly aerial firefighting aircraft?

The world and Coulson Aviation need more highly trained pilots to pursue specialized missions. Our pilots manage everything from aerial firefighting (distributing water and/or retardant to suppress and/or contain wildfires) to transporting emergency personnel to heavy lift operations.

Here are the realities you need to consider as you choose to pursue this career.

New contract awarded to Coulson Aviation PTY by New South Wales Fire Service..

Port Alberni, BC – Coulson Aviation USA has been awarded a multi-year contract with the USDA Fire Service for Next Generation Large Air Tanker Services throughout the United States. The contract beginning in 2020 will see the first Boeing 737, Tanker 137 in operation.

North American Aerial Firefighting Show 2020, Remembering Tanker 134, Our Newest CH47 With a RADS-L Tank, Air to Air Photo ShootAviation Awarded US Air Force Contract (VIDEO)

Coulson Aviation Awarded US Air Force Contract (VIDEO)

Coulson Group CEO Wayne Coulson has welcomed the Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s (ATSB) preliminary report into the C-130 incident over the Snowy Monaro region in New South Wales, Australia which took the lives of three team members earlier this year.

The ATSB publicly released the report today February 27, 2020 (Friday, February 28 in Australia). It provides a factual account of some of the circumstances surrounding the crash of the large air tanker which occurred on January 23, 2020.

Our deepest condolences are with the family and friends of our fallen heroes.

Yesterday we lost three members of our Coulson Aviation Family in Australia onboard one of our C-130 aircraft.

While working in the Snowy Monaro Area in southern NSW, Australia contact was lost with one of our large airtankers, a Lockheed C-130 registration N134CG.

During this 2019/2020 bush fire season the RFS has flown over 600 missions in an effort to help firefighters on the ground as they work tirelessly to put out these destructive fires.

RICHMOND AIR FORCE BASE, Australia—Smoke from huge wildfires near Sydney wafted over the tarmac as Jonas Doherty readied a newly modified Boeing 737 equipped to drop…

Raging bush fires have scorched more than 10 million hectares, destroying thousands of buildings and killing dozens of people and more than half a billion animals.

Port Alberni, BC – Coulson Aviation has been selected by the United States Air Force to install their Retardant Aerial Delivery System (RADS)-XXL Firefighting Systems on the seven C-130H aircraft to be operated by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE).

Port Alberni, BC – Coulson Aviation (USA) Inc. has bought five C-130H transport planes from the Norwegian Defense Materiel Agency (NDMA), which will be modified into firefighting aircrafts. The formal takeover is planned for the end of this year/early 2020.

Port Alberni, BC – Today, a new firefighting operation begins for Coulson Aviation and the CH47D Chinook in Chile. For the next 100 days, Coulson Aviation will be working with its new partner PESCO and CONAF to fight against this wildfire season.

Coulson Aviation and New South Wales Government Secure Deal to Purchase Coulson Fireliner with 10 Year Operational Contract