often require hours and days to reach fire on foot. The benefits of smokejumping include the speed at which firefighters can reach a burn site, the broad...

began his smokejumping career at the Flathead National Forest from 1961 to 1967, then for the U.S. Air Force from 1967 to 1971. After smokejumping, Robinson...

finding a way to get to the fire faster. Cooley advocated for the idea of smokejumping – parachuting out of an airplane to a fire to reach it more quickly....

passenger and freight service, lodge and private charters, and government smokejumping contracts.[citation needed] Yute Air was then acquired by Tim Vottis...

Forest Service awarded the local contract to a company other than JFS. Smokejumping requires great skill, both on the part of the jumper and the aircraft...

effort. Up to 240 CPS men served in this specialized program. One of the smokejumping schools was at Camp Paxson in Montana. As the war progressed, a critical...

Plainskeeper." The Nature Conservancy 2006: 5. Print. "Smokejumpers and Smokejumping". Outdoor Adventures. Archived from the original on September 20, 2018...

International Airport, features historic aircraft used in mountain flying and smokejumping, as well as photos and historic memorabilia. Also related to the region's...