Sweden Buys Two Saab
Firefighting Aircraft
- Our Bureau
- 08:54
AM, January 28, 2021
Saab AT-802 F aircraft
The Swedish Civil
Contingencies Agency (MSB) has placed an order for two Saab AT-802 F aircraft
with aerial firefighting capability.
The order from March
2020 concerns the capability to fight fires with two bucketing aircraft yearly,
from 1 April to 30 September, through 2023. MSB is now exercising the option in
the contract for two more aircraft, beginning with the 2021 fire season. This
is a resource that will be available both for Sweden and for the EU.
During the summer, MSB
decided to deploy Saab aircraft and pilots to fight a total of five different
forest fires.
The AT-802 F aircraft
type is a water-bombing aircraft that can release 35,000-50,000 litres of water
per hour in the event of, for example, a forest fire. The firefighting aircraft
will be based in Nyköping, where Saab already has aviation operations for,
among other things, aerial target services and support for Swedish Coast Guard
aircraft. From Nyköping, the aircraft can reach Copenhagen or eastern Finland
within 2 hours and Luleå within 3 hours. If necessary, resources can be
based at another location with advanced technical and maintenance resources.
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