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FORT COLLINS AVIATION SERVICE CENTER

In 2000/01 aviation resources and management responsibilities were transfered from the Rocky Mountain Coordination Center to the Fort Collins Interagency Dispatch Center and Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests. The following photo gallery is an overview of the Northern Front Range aviation program.

News Story on the Jeffco Airtanker Base

Image of Airtanker Dropping Retardent

T-131 ASSIGNED TO JEFFCO AIRTANKER BASE in 2002

JEFFCO AIR CENTER (BJC)

AIRTANKER BASE AND AVIATION SERVICE CENTER AT JEFFCO AIRPORT (BJC)

image of Airtanker being loaded with retartdant

T-25 LOADING AT JEFFCO AIRTANKER BASE

Image of Lead planes at Jeffco hanger

LEAD PLANES 121Z & 123Z AT JEFFCO HANGER

image of King Air 127Z Image of Cessna 206 - 126Z

KING AIR 127Z - AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY & ADMINISTRATIVE FLIGHTS/
CESSNA 206 - PEST MANAGEMENT & AERIAL RECON.

REDFEATHER HELICOPTER OPERATIONS

Image of Redfeather Helibase Image of Helicopter at Redfeather Helibase

REDFEATHER HELIBASE, ARAPAHO-ROOSEVELT NATIONAL FORESTS

Image of Lama Helicopter Image of Lama Helicopter on Twin Sisters Peak

LLAMA HELICOPTERS: POUDRE CANYON PRESCRIBED BURN/TWIN SISTERS RADIO PROJECT

Image of Helicopter crash on Twin Sisters Peak Image of Helicopter after crash

TWIN SISTERS CRASH 1982 / JEFFCO CRASH 1988

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CSFS SINGLE ENGINE AIRTANKER PROGRAM

Image of Single Engine Airtanker

SINGLE ENGINE AIRTANKER (T-182) AND PORTABLE RETARDENT
BASE AT FORT COLLINS/LOVELAND AIRPORT (FNL)

Image of Portable retardant base Image of Single Engine Airtanker

Image of Skycrane helicopter at Fort Collins/Loveland Airport

SKYCRANE PRE-POSITIONED AT FORT COLLINS/LOVELAND AIRPORT IN 2000

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HEAVY AIRTANKERS

Image of airtanker t-121 at Jeffco Airtanker base

Image of cockpit of airtanker T-121 

CONSOLIDATED PB4Y-2 / COCKPIT OF T-121

Image of Airtanker T-131 Image of Airtanker T-140

C-130 HERCULES AND NEPTUNE P2V AT GRAND JUNCTION

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AIRPATROL/CHARTER AIRCRAFT

Image of cockpit of Cessna 182 Image of Cessna 210

COCKPIT OF CESSNA 182 / CESSNA 210 COMMON AIRFRAMES FOR AIRPATROL.

Image of Cessna 340

CESSNA 340 TYPICAL TWIN ENGINE AIRFRAME USED FOR PERSONNEL/CARGO TRANSPORT.

 

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SMOKEJUMPER AIRCRAFT

Image of DC-3 for Smokejumpers Image of Sherpa for Smokejumper use

REFURBISHED DC-3 AND SHERPA SMOKEJUMPER AIRCRAFT

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Modified by Mark S. Nelson
January 2006