Cal Fire's New Hawk - Vertical Mag
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 ...