{"id":6225,"date":"2013-05-06T10:49:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T14:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-applauds-forest-service-action-on-next-generation-airtankers\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:10:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:10:34","slug":"merkley-applauds-forest-service-action-on-next-generation-airtankers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-applauds-forest-service-action-on-next-generation-airtankers\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley aplaude la acci\u00f3n del Servicio Forestal sobre los aviones cisterna de &quot;pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Hoy, el senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, emiti\u00f3 la siguiente declaraci\u00f3n despu\u00e9s de que el Servicio Forestal de los EE. UU. anunciara que otorgar\u00eda contratos operativos para aviones cisterna de &quot;pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n&quot; que se usar\u00e1n en la supresi\u00f3n de incendios forestales:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cMe complace que el Servicio Forestal est\u00e9 avanzando para poner en servicio estos aviones. El a\u00f1o pasado, vimos los efectos devastadores de los hist\u00f3ricos incendios forestales en Oreg\u00f3n. Con otra temporada hist\u00f3rica de incendios forestales que se avecina potencialmente, debemos actuar r\u00e1pidamente para asegurarnos de contar con el equipo m\u00e1s seguro y efectivo posible para la extinci\u00f3n de incendios\u201d.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Los aviones cisterna de pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n reemplazar\u00e1n a los antiguos aviones &quot;Legacy&quot; que se han utilizado como parte del programa de aviaci\u00f3n del Servicio Forestal durante a\u00f1os y, en algunos casos, d\u00e9cadas. Todos los aviones cisterna de pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n funcionan con turbinas, pueden transportar un m\u00ednimo de 3,000 galones de retardante y tienen una velocidad de crucero de al menos 300 nudos cuando est\u00e1n completamente cargados.<\/p>\n<p>Dos de los contratos se destinar\u00e1n a empresas con sede en Oreg\u00f3n: Aero Air en Hillsboro y Coulson Aircrane en Portland.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>El Servicio Forestal de EE. UU. anunci\u00f3 hoy que tiene la intenci\u00f3n de otorgar contratos de uso exclusivo para aviones cisterna de pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n a:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Corporaci\u00f3n A\u00e9rea de Minden; Minden, Nevada, por 1 BAe-146 <\/li>\n<li>Aero Aire, LLC; Hillsboro, Oreg\u00f3n, por 2 MD87 <\/li>\n<li>Aero Flite, Inc.; Kingman, Arizona, para 2 Avro RJ85 <\/li>\n<li>Coulson Aircrane (EE. UU.), Inc.; Portland, Oreg\u00f3n, por 1 C130Q <\/li>\n<li>10 Transportistas a\u00e9reos cisterna, LLC; Adelanto, California, por 1 DC-10 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC &ndash; Today, Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the U.S. Forest Service announced it would award operating contracts for &ldquo;Next Generation&rdquo; airtankers to be used in wildfire suppression:&nbsp; &ldquo;I am pleased that the Forest Service is moving forward to get these planes into service. 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