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Most drivers along Highway 99E in the area of Rowles Road (south of the CALFIRE Vina Helitack Base) don’t realize they are passing near the once bustling town of Grove City, whose first postmaster was early Tehama County resident David Rowles. ....
features Cal Fire’s New Hawk Cal Fire has begun a long-awaited replacement of its venerable UH-1 Huey aerial firefighting fleet with the new Sikorsky S-70i. By Dan Megna | March 10, 2021 Estimated reading time 15 minutes, 34 seconds. After four decades operating Bell UH-1F Hueys up to 1990, and UH-1H Super Hueys from then to the present day, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has begun a long-anticipated upgrade to its aviation program. After four decades of operating the UH-1 Huey, Cal Fire is replacing theses workhorses with purpose-built Sikorsky S-70i Firehawks. Skip Robinson Photo In 2017, Colorado-based United Rotorcraft was awarded a contract to provide Cal Fire with a dozen specially modified Sikorsky S-70i helicopters, designated by the agency as Cal Fire Hawks, as replacements for the agency’s legacy Super Huey fleet. The initial contract was for a single aircraft, with options for 11 more. ....