Coulson Aviation bags $7.2bn firefighting contract from US Forest services

Coulson Aviation was awarded a ten-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Large Airtanker (LAT) firefighting contract with the US Forest Service (USFS). The total contract, valued at $7.2 billion, will provide the basis for operations and maintenance service for Coulson’s C-130H Hercules and Boeing 737 FireLiner aircraft. “Coulson is honored to continue to provide our services in support of the US Forest Service,” said Britton Coulson, president and chief operations officer, Coulson Aviation. “Our crew members are incredibly skilled, efficient, and operate aircraft second to none. We have over 60 years of experience with aerial support operations and look forward to being a part