National Fleet
NAFC contracts approximately 150 aircraft on behalf of state and territory governments. This fleet is supplemented by additional state owned and state contracted aircraft hired to meet peak demand across Australia. In total more than 500 aircraft, provided by over 150 operators, are available for firefighting across Australia. We are currently finalising tenders in readiness for the 2023-2024 season and the table will be updated as aircraft are confirmed.
Aircraft counts and locations vary from time to time as the fleet balance is adjusted and individual airframes are updated or replaced.
Current fleet
Aircraft contracted to NAFC on behalf of the States and Territories for the 2023/2024 season, as at 29 November 2023.
| Airframe Type | Aircraft Type | Primary Service Role | Operator | Nominated Operational Base |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Aerotech First Response | Claremont, SA |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Aerotech First Response | Claremont, SA |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Aerotech First Response | Claremont, SA |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Aerotech First Response | Claremont, SA |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Aerotech First Response | Claremont, SA |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Aerotech First Response | Claremont, SA |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Aerotech First Response | Claremont, SA |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Aerotech First Response | Claremont, SA |
| Cessna 208 B Caravan | FW - Recce | AAS Platform | Aerotech First Response | Claremont, SA |
| Cessna 208 B Caravan | FW - Recce | Air Observation | Aerotech First Response | Claremont, SA |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Aerotech First Response | Hoyleton, SA |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Aerotech First Response | Hoyleton, SA |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Aerotech First Response | Hoyleton, SA |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Aerotech First Response | Hoyleton, SA |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Aerotech First Response | Mt Gambier, SA |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Aerotech First Response | Mt Gambier, SA |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Aerotech First Response | Port Lincoln, SA |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Aerotech First Response | Port Lincoln, SA |
| Airbus AS 350 B3 | RW - T3 | Firebombing | Aerotech Helicopters | Batchelor, NT |
| Eurocopter AS350 BA | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Aerotech Helicopters | Batchelor, NT |
| UH 60A Blackhawk | RW - T1 | Firebombing | Aerotech Helicopters | Bundaberg, QLD |
| Eurocopter AS 350 B3 | RW - T3 | Firebombing | Aerotech Helicopters | Claremont, SA |
| Eurocopter EC130 B4 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Aerotech Helicopters | Claremont, SA |
| Eurocopter EC135 P2+ | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Aerotech Helicopters | Claremont, SA |
| Pickering UH60+ Blackhawk | RW - T1 | Firebombing | Aerotech Helicopters | Claremont, SA |
| Pickering UH60+ Blackhawk | RW - T1 | Firebombing | Aerotech Helicopters | Claremont, SA |
| UH 60A Blackhawk | RW - T1 | Firebombing | Aerotech Helicopters | Claremont, SA |
| UH 60A Blackhawk | RW - T1 | Firebombing | Aerotech Helicopters | Claremont, SA |
| Eurocopter AS 350 B3 | RW - T3 | Firebombing | Aerotech Helicopters | Hoyleton, SA |
| Eurocopter AS 350 BA | RW - T3 | Firebombing | Aerotech Helicopters | Hoyleton, SA |
| Turbo Commander 695-A | FW - LAT AAS | AAS Platform | AGAIR | Avalon, VIC |
| Gulfstream 695A | FW - LAT AAS | AAS Platform | AGAIR | Bundaberg, QLD |
| Turbo Commander 695-A | FW - LAT AAS | AAS Platform | AGAIR | Busselton, WA |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | AGAIR | Casterton, VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | AGAIR | Casterton, VIC |
| Cessna 525 | FW - LAT AAS | AAS Platform | AGAIR | Dubbo, NSW |
| Cessna Citation CJ1 | FW - LAT AAS | AAS Platform | AGAIR | National/Richmond, NSW |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | AGAIR | Nhill (moveable), VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | AGAIR | Nhill (moveable), VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | AGAIR | Stawell, VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | AGAIR | Stawell, VIC |
| Cessna 337G | FW - Recce | AAS Platform | AGAIR | Stawell, VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | AGAIR | Stawell, VIC /Linga, VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | AGAIR | Stawell, VIC /Linga, VIC |
| Beechcraft 200 Kingair | FW - Linescan | Linescan | Air Affairs | Essendon, VIC |
| Beechcraft 200 Kingair | FW - Linescan | Linescan | Air Affairs | Jandakot, WA |
| Lear Jet 36A | FW - Linescan | Linescan | Air Affairs | Nowra, NSW |
| Learjet 36A | FW - Linescan | Linescan | Air Affairs | Nowra, VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 SEAT | Firebombing | Aircair Aviation | Beela Moree, NSW |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 SEAT | Firebombing | Aircair Aviation | Krui Moree, NSW |
| Pilatus BN2B-26 Islander | FW - Recce | AAS Platform | Alpine Airwork | Bairnsdale, VIC |
| PSL Warszawa M18T | FW - T4 | Firebombing | Alpine Airwork | Benambra, VIC |
| PSL Warszawa M18T | FW - T4 | Firebombing | Alpine Airwork | Benambra, VIC |
| C130 Hercules | FW - LAT | Firebombing | Coulson Aviation | Busselton, WA |
| Sikorsky S61N | RW - T1 | Firebombing | Coulson Aviation | Mansfield, VIC |
| Boeing 737 | FW - LAT | Firebombing | Coulson Aviation | National/Richmond, NSW |
| C130 Hercules | FW - LAT | Firebombing | Coulson Aviation | Richmond, NSW |
| Aerospatiale AS350 B2 | RW - T3 | Specialist Intelligence Gathering | Elite Helicopters | Toowoomba, QLD |
| Eurocopter EC130B4 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Executive Helicopters | Bundaberg, QLD |
| Eurocopter AS 350 B2 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Executive Helicopters | Toowoomba, QLD |
| Bombardier Q400AT | FW - LAT | Firebombing | Field Air | Avalon, VIC |
| Bombardier Q400AT | FW - LAT | Firebombing | Field Air | Avalon, VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Field Air | Bairnsdale, VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Field Air | Bairnsdale, VIC |
| Bombardier Q400AT | FW - LAT | Firebombing | Field Air | Bundaberg, QLD |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Field Air | Cambridge, TAS |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Field Air | Cambridge, TAS |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT Fireboss | Firebombing | Field Air | Cambridge, TAS |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT Fireboss | Firebombing | Field Air | Cambridge, TAS |
| British Aerospace RJ85 | FW - LAT | Firebombing | Field Air | Dubbo, NSW |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Field Air | Hamilton, VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Field Air | Hamilton, VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Field Air | Ouyen (moveable), VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Field Air | Ouyen (moveable), VIC |
| Bell 204B | RW - T2 | Firebombing | Forest Air Helicopters | Healesville, VIC |
| Aerospatiale Industries AS350 B2 | RW - T3 | Firebombing | Forest Air Helicopters | Jindera / Ovens, VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Fred Fahey Aerial Services | Cowra, NSW |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Fred Fahey Aerial Services | Cowra, NSW |
| Aerospatiale Industries AS.350B2 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Helicopter Resources | Launceston, TAS |
| Eurocopter | RW- Type 3 Light | AAS Platform | Helifarm | Mt Gambier, SA |
| Eurocopter France | RW- Type 3 Light | AAS Platform | Helifarm | Mt Gambier, SA |
| Eurocopter AS 350 B2 | RW - T3 | Firebombing | Heli-Muster | Batchelor, NT |
| Kawasaki BK117 B-2 | RW - T2 | Winching | Helitreck | Cambridge, TAS |
| Aero Commander 500S | FW - Recce | Kennedy Air | Cambridge, TAS | |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT Fireboss | Firebombing | Kennedy Air | Cambridge, TAS |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT Fireboss | Air Observation | Kennedy Air | Cambridge, TAS |
| Aero Commander 500S | FW - Recce | Air Observation | Kennedy Air | Toowoomba, QLD |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT Fireboss | Firebombing | Kennedy Air | Watts Bridge, QLD |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT Fireboss | Firebombing | Kennedy Air | Watts Bridge, QLD |
| Air Tractor AT-802 Fireboss | FW - T4 - Fireboss | Firebombing | Kennedy Air | Gunnadah, NSW |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 SEAT | Firebombing | Kennedy Air | Gunnadah, NSW |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 SEAT | Firebombing | Kennedy Air | Wagga Wagga, NSW |
| Super Puma AS332 | RW - T1 | Firebombing | Kestrel Aviation | Ballarat, VIC |
| Bell 412 EP | RW - T2 | Winching | Kestrel Aviation | Cessnock, NSW |
| Sikorsky Aircrane S64F | RW - T1 HV | Firebombing | Kestrel Aviation | Essendon, VIC |
| Bell 412 EP | RW - T2 | Firebombing | Kestrel Aviation | Heyfield, VIC |
| Bell 412 EP | RW - T2 | Firebombing/Winching | Kestrel Aviation | Hume, ACT |
| Bell 412 EP | RW - T2 | Firebombing/Winching | Kestrel Aviation | Hume, ACT |
| Bell 212 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | Kestrel Aviation | Latrobe Valley, VIC |
| Sikorsky UH-60A Blackhawk | RW - T1 | Firebombing | Kestrel Aviation | Mangalore, VIC |
| Sikorsky Aircrane S64F | RW - T1 HV | Firebombing | Kestrel Aviation | Moorabbin, VIC |
| Bell 412 | RW - T2 | Winching | Kestrel Aviation | Moruya, NSW |
| Bell 412 EP | RW - T2 | Firebombing | Kestrel Aviation | Ovens, VIC |
| Bell 214B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Bendigo, VIC |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Busselton, WA |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Busselton, WA |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Cambridge, TAS |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Cambridge, TAS |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Colac, VIC |
| Aerospatiale AS355 F1 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | McDermott Aviation | Jandakot, WA |
| Airbus AS 350 B3 | RW - T3 | Air Observation | McDermott Aviation | Jandakot, WA |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Jandakot, WA |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Jandakot, WA |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Jandakot, WA |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Jandakot, WA |
| Eurocopter AS 365 N3 | RW - T3 | Specialist Intelligence Gathering | McDermott Aviation | Jandakot, WA |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Kempsey, NSW |
| Bell 214 ST | RW - T1 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Latrobe Valley, VIC |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Launceston, TAS |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Launceston, TAS |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Toowoomba, QLD |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Toowoomba, QLD |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Warnervale, NSW |
| Bell 212 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | Microflite | Bacchus Marsh, VIC |
| Airbus Helicopters AS350 B3E | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Microflite | Bairnsdale, VIC |
| Eurocopter AS350 B2 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Microflite | Ballarat, VIC |
| Airbus Helicopters EC135 P3 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Microflite | Essendon, VIC |
| Airbus Helicopters AS350 B3E | RW - T3 | Specialist Intelligence Gathering | Microflite | Moorabbin, VIC |
| Bell 412 EP | RW - T2 | Firebombing | Microflite | Moorabbin, VIC |
| Airbus Helicopters AS350 B3 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Microflite | Ovens, VIC |
| Bell 412 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | Microflite | Sea Lake, VIC |
| Airbus Helicopters AS350 B3 | RW - T3 | Firebombing | Microflite | Shepparton, VIC |
| Eurocopter AS 350 B2 | RW - T3 | Specialist Intelligence Gathering | Microflite | Cambridge, Tas |
| Airbus AS 350 B3E | RW - T3 | Specialist Intelligence Gathering | Microflite | Hume, ACT |
| Eurocopter EC120B | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Microflite | Moorabbin, VIC |
| Eurocopter AS350 B3 | RW - T3 | Firebombing | Osborne Aviation | Latrobe Valley, VIC |
| Eurocopter AS 350 B2 | RW - T3 | Firebombing | Osborne Aviation | Cambridge, Tas |
| Eurocopter AS350 B3 | RW - T3 | Firebombing | Paton Air | Benalla, VIC |
| Aerospatiale Industries AS350 BA | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Paton Air | Mansfield, VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 Fireboss | FW - T4 - Fireboss | Firebombing | Pays Air Service | Albury, VIC |
| Cessna 208B Caravan | FW - Recce | AAS Platform | Pays Air Service | Albury, VIC |
| Cessna 208B Caravan | FW - Recce | AAS Platform | Pays Air Service | Hamilton, VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Pays Air Service | Mansfield, VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Precision Meandarra | Toowoomba, QLD |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Precision Meandarra | Toowoomba, QLD |
| Aerospatiale Industries AS350 FX2 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Professional Helicopter | Bendigo, VIC |
| Aerospatiale Industries AS350 FX2 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Professional Helicopter | Colac, VIC |
| Aerospatiale Industries AS350 FX2 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Professional Helicopter | Moorabbin, VIC |
| Bell 204 B | RW - T2 | Firebombing | Skyhook | Salamander Bay, NSW |
| Bell 412 | RW - T2 | Winching | Sydney Helicopters | Penrith, NSW |
| Bell 412SP | RW - T2 | Firebombing | Sydney Helicopters | Penrith, NSW |
| EH-60A Blackhawk | RW - T1 | Firebombing | Touchdown | Bankstown, NSW |
| Eurocopter MBB-BK 117 C-2 | RW - T2 | Winching | True North | Grafton, NSW |
| Eurocopter MBB-BK 117 C-3 | RW - T2 | Winching | True North | Tumut, NSW |
| Eurocopter AS.350 B3 | RW - T2 | Winching | United Aero | Camden, NSW |
| Bell 412 SP | RW - T2 | Firebombing | United Aero | Camden, NSW |
| Aerospatiale AS350 BA | RW - T3 | Prescribed Burning | United Aero | Jabiru, NT |
| Airbus AS 350 B3 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | United Aero | Latrobe Valley, VIC |
| Aerospatiale AS350 BA | RW - T3 | Air Observation | United Aero | Port Lincoln, SA |
| Eurocopter AS 350 B3 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | United Aero | Port Lincoln, SA |
| EH-60A Blackhawk | RW - T1 | Firebombing | United Aero | Serpentine, WA |
| UH-60A Blackhawk | RW - T1 | Firebombing | United Aero | Serpentine, WA |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | XO Aviation | Batchelor, NT |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | XO Aviation | Batchelor, NT |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | XO Aviation | Batchelor, NT |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | XO Aviation | Batchelor, NT |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 SEAT | Firebombing | XO Aviation | Batchelor, NT |
| Air Tractor AT-803A | FW - T4 SEAT | Firebombing | XO Aviation | Batchelor, NT |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 SEAT | Firebombing | AGAIR | Hay, NSW |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Dunn Aviation | Albany, WA |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Dunn Aviation | Albany, WA |
| Bell 214ST | RW - T1 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Bundaberg, QLD |