Erickson Incorporated, has been awarded a firmed fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide dedicated rotary wing and fixed wing aircraft to the U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) area of responsibility (AOR), for a base year with options for three additional years. Department of Defense selects Erickson for rotary and fixed wing capability.
Erickson Inc. has already performed work on a CH-53E for the Marine Corps, shown, but it’s now preparing to deliver two overhauled MH-53Es to the Navy by the end of the year. See DefenseNews.com for the full article.
With San Diego now experiencing a continuous fire season, San Diego Gas & Electric announced Wednesday it has contracted for year-round use of a giant Erickson Aircrane helicopter tanker. See Times of San Diego for more.
Fantastic footage of our aircraft making on a drop on the Shovel Fire in Canada. Thank you Mark Williams for sharing. Watch video on YouTube
When the Centre Square commercial office complex needed a new cooling tower system, HVAC contractor Herman Goldner Co., Inc. brought in Erickson Incorporated to conquer the formidable challenge of installing the system in a busy, urban site. Erickson set all eight units in under two-and-a-half hours, a cost-effective solution for new cooling tower systems on… Read more
Captain John Walker has been working with Erickson, Inc. since May 1999 fighting fires across the world. Watch interview at KVTL News 10
A massive Erickson A-64 Aircrane helicopter, often used in logging and to fight forest fires, worked on Channel 4’s tower on the Southside Tuesday morning, removing an old antenna and replacing it with a new one. Watch video at News 4, Jacksonville, FL
Familiar to many for it’s odd shape and distinctive abilities, the Air Crane has been a work horse for many years. You would be forgiven for thinking it’s a Sikorsky helicopter, because it is, or at least it used to be. Read the whole article at Brownwood news
Facing challenging fire seasons in San Diego County, the Erickson Aircrane has been a valuable firefighting tool in San Diego County over the years – it can be anywhere in the region within minutes and is equipped to handle large-scale fires. Read the full article and watch the video at 10-News in San Diego
“A wall of flame” hit the western part of the city, an area where around 5,000 people live. “For the most part, west Redding is on fire,” one official said. Early in this NBC News video, you can see an Erickson Aircrane put out the fire on a burning house right behind Miguel Almaguer, the… Read more