Neptune Aviation

Firefighting resources are stretched to capacity and there’s no end in sight to the hot and dry conditions fueling the 2021 wildfire season.

More than 23,000 businesses and nonprofit organizations in Montana received loans from a federal rescue package meant to keep small businesses afloat…

Traditional wildland firefighting is defined by women and men working, eating and sleeping shoulder to shoulder for days on end. That close-quarters work…

A Missoula-based fire aviation company is helping battle a massive wildfire in the heart of Northern California wine country.Five of Neptune Aviation’s…

Summer’s barely a month old, but a Missoula aviation and air tanker company is already running at full tilt.“Neptune Aviation is incredibly busy right…

The U.S. Forest Service has scaled back the number of firefighting aircraft that might be available this summer. Edward O'Brien explores on what that…

A Missoula-based fire aviation company is pulling planes out of retirement to help battle California’s devastating wildfires.Two of Neptune Aviation’s…

Neptune Aviation’s red-tailed Tanker 10 flew hundreds of firefighting missions all over the United States. Tuesday it embarked on its final mission: being…

A Montana aviation company has joined an international effort to suppress catastrophic wildfires in Chile. The Chilean wildfires have killed 11 and caused…

Montana may be in for a "typical" fire season, but officials say that’s not the same thing as an "easy" fire season. Montana’s Fire and Aviation chief for…