Incidents
- August 13, 1994, a Lockheed C-130A, N135FF, operating as Tanker 82, impacted mountainous terrain near Pearblossom, California. All three crew members, Bob Buc, Joe Johnson and Shawn Zaremba sustained fatal injuries.
- June 21, 1995: a McDonnell Douglas C54G, N4989P operating as Tanker 19, and a Beech B58P, N156Z, Operating as Lead 56 collided in mid air in Ramona, California.(Tanker 19 crew members Gary Cockrell and Lisa Netsch as well as Pilot Michael Smith of Lead 56) were killed in the collision.
- 2002 airtanker crashes Loss of Tanker 130 and Tanker 123
- May 21, 2011 a Bell 212 helicopter went down just offshore in Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta, killing the pilot.
- June 3, 2012 a Lockheed P2V-7 operating as Tanker 11 Crashed into mountainous terrain while fighting a wild fire in Utah. Pilots Todd Neal Tompkins and Ronnie Edwin Chambless were killed in the crash.
- July 1, 2012 a Lockheed C-130 operated by the North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing crashed in western South Dakota while supporting efforts to contain the White Draw Fire. Four airmen were killed, Lt. Col. Paul K. Mikeal, Maj. Joseph M. McCormick, Maj. Ryan S. David and Senior Master Sgt. Robert S. Cannon. Two Airmen survived the crash but sustained serious injuries.
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