AH-1 Cobra Helicopter Gunships Turned Firefighters Have Flown Their Last Mission
The aging rotorcraft filled a unique firefighting niche but maintaining them eventually became too troublesome.
The aging rotorcraft filled a unique firefighting niche but maintaining them eventually became too troublesome.
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has said he will deploy elements of the country’s military to help fight an unprecedented spate of fires raging across the country’s portion of the Amazon rainforest, which have the potential to become a major global environmental disaster. The decision comes amid growing international criticism of how the Bolsonaro Administration had been handling the crisis, which is also impacting neighboring countries.