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 18 September 2023.
| Airframe Type | Aircraft Type | Primary Service Role | Operator | Nominated Operational Base |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aero Commander 500S | FW - Recce | Air Observation | Kennedy Air | Toowoomba QLD |
| Aero Commander 500S | FW - Recce | Kennedy Air | Cambridge TAS | |
| Aerospatiale AS350 B2 | RW - T3 | Specialist Intelligence Gathering | Elite Helicopters | Toowoomba QLD |
| Aerospatiale AS350 BA | RW - T3 | Prescribed Burning | United Aero | Jabiru NT |
| Aerospatiale AS350 BA | RW - T3 | Air Observation | United Aero | Port Lincoln SA |
| Aerospatiale AS355 F1 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | McDermott Aviation | Jandakot WA |
| Aerospatiale Industries AS.350B2 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Helicopter Resources | Launceston TAS |
| Aerospatiale Industries AS350 B2 | RW - T3 | Firebombing | Forest Air Helicopters | Jindera / Ovens VIC |
| Aerospatiale Industries AS350 BA | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Paton Air | Mansfield VIC |
| Aerospatiale Industries AS350 FX2 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Professional Helicopter | Moorabbin VIC |
| Aerospatiale Industries AS350 FX2 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Professional Helicopter | Bendigo VIC |
| Aerospatiale Industries AS350 FX2 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Professional Helicopter | Colac VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Fred Fahey Aerial Services | Cowra |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Fred Fahey Aerial Services | Cowra |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | 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-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Aerotech First Response | Claremont SA |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | AGAIR | Stawell VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | AGAIR | Stawell VIC |
| 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 | Casterton VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | AGAIR | Casterton 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Bairnsdale VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802 | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Field Air | Bairnsdale 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-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-802 Fireboss | FW - T4 - Fireboss | Firebombing | Pays Air Service | Albury VIC |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Field Air | Cambridge |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Field Air | Cambridge |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT Fireboss | Firebombing | Field Air | Cambridge |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT Fireboss | Firebombing | Field Air | Cambridge |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Aerotech First Response | Hoyleton 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Claremont SA |
| 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-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT Fireboss | Firebombing | Kennedy Air | Cambridge TAS |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT Fireboss | Air Observation | Kennedy Air | Cambridge TAS |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 - SEAT | Firebombing | Precision Meandarra | Toowoomba QLD |
| Air Tractor AT-802A | FW - T4 SEAT | Firebombing | XO Aviation | Batchelor NT |
| Air Tractor AT-803A | FW - T4 SEAT | Firebombing | XO Aviation | Batchelor NT |
| Airbus AS 350 B3 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | United Aero | Latrobe Valley |
| Airbus AS 350 B3 | RW - T3 | Firebombing | Aerotech Helicopters | Batchelor NT |
| Airbus AS 350 B3 | RW - T3 | Air Observation | McDermott Aviation | Jandakot WA |
| Airbus Helicopters AS350 B3 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Microflite | Ovens VIC |
| Airbus Helicopters AS350 B3 | RW - T3 | Firebombing | Microflite | Shepparton VIC |
| Airbus Helicopters AS350 B3E | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Microflite | Bairnsdale VIC |
| Airbus Helicopters AS350 B3E | RW - T3 | Specialist Intelligence Gathering | Microflite | Moorabbin VIC |
| Airbus Helicopters EC135 P3 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Microflite | Essendon VIC |
| Beechcraft 200 Kingair | FW - Linescan | Linescan | Air Affairs | Essendon VIC |
| Beechcraft 200 Kingair | FW - Linescan | Linescan | Air Affairs | Jandakot WA |
| Bell 204 B | RW - T2 | Firebombing | Skyhook | Salamander Bay NSW |
| Bell 204B | RW - T2 | Firebombing | Forest Air Helicopters | Healesville VIC |
| Bell 212 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | Kestrel Aviation | Latrobe Valley VIC |
| Bell 212 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | Microflite | Bacchus Marsh VIC |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Kempsey NSW |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Warnervale NSW |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Colac VIC |
| 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 | Launceston TAS |
| 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 | Launceston TAS |
| 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 |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Busselton WA |
| Bell 214 B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Busselton WA |
| Bell 214 ST | RW - T1 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Latrobe Valley VIC |
| Bell 214B-1 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | McDermott Aviation | Bendigo VIC |
| Bell 412 | RW - T2 | Winching | Kestrel Aviation | Moruya NSW |
| Bell 412 | RW - T2 | Firebombing | Microflite | Sea Lake VIC |
| Bell 412 | RW - T2 | Winching | Sydney Helicopters | Penrith NSW |
| Bell 412 EP | RW - T2 | Firebombing/Winching | Kestrel Aviation | Hume QLD |
| Bell 412 EP | RW - T2 | Firebombing/Winching | Kestrel Aviation | Hume QLD |
| Bell 412 EP | RW - T2 | Winching | Kestrel Aviation | Cessnock NSW |
| Bell 412 EP | RW - T2 | Firebombing | Kestrel Aviation | Ovens VIC |
| Bell 412 EP | RW - T2 | Firebombing | Kestrel Aviation | Heyfield VIC |
| Bell 412 EP | RW - T2 | Firebombing | Microflite | Moorabbin VIC |
| Bell 412 SP | RW - T2 | Firebombing | United Aero | Camden NSW |
| Bell 412SP | RW - T2 | Firebombing | Sydney Helicopters | Penrith NSW |
| Boeing 737 | FW - LAT | Firebombing | Coulson Aviation | National/Richmond NSW |
| Bombardier Q400AT | FW - LAT | Firebombing | Field Air | Avalon |
| Bombardier Q400AT | FW - LAT | Firebombing | Field Air | Bundaberg QLD |
| Bombardier Q400AT | FW - LAT | Firebombing | Field Air | Avalon VIC |
| British Aerospace RJ85 | FW - LAT | Firebombing | Field Air | Dubbo |
| C130 Hercules | FW - LAT | Firebombing | Coulson Aviation | Richmond NSW |
| C130 Hercules | FW - LAT | Firebombing | Coulson Aviation | Busselton, WA |
| 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 |
| Cessna 208B Caravan | FW - Recce | AAS Platform | Pays Air Service | Albury VIC |
| Cessna 208B Caravan | FW - Recce | AAS Platform | Pays Air Service | Hamilton VIC |
| Cessna 337G | FW - Recce | AAS Platform | AGAIR | Stawell VIC |
| Cessna 525 | FW - LAT AAS | AAS Platform | AGAIR | Dubbo |
| Cessna Citation CJ1 | FW - LAT AAS | AAS Platform | AGAIR | National/Richmond NSW |
| EH-60A Blackhawk | RW - T1 | Firebombing | Touchdown | Bankstown NSW |
| EH-60A Blackhawk | RW - T1 | Firebombing | United Aero | Serpentine WA |
| Eurocopter | RW- Type 3 Light | AAS Platform | Helifarm | Mt Gambier SA |
| Eurocopter AS 350 B2 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Executive Helicopters | Toowoomba QLD |
| Eurocopter AS 350 B2 | RW - T3 | Firebombing | Heli-Muster | Batchelor NT |
| Eurocopter AS 350 B3 | RW - T3 | Firebombing | Aerotech Helicopters | Claremont SA |
| Eurocopter AS 350 B3 | RW - T3 | Firebombing | Aerotech Helicopters | Hoyleton SA |
| Eurocopter AS 350 B3 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | United Aero | Port Lincoln SA |
| Eurocopter AS 350 BA | RW - T3 | Firebombing | Aerotech Helicopters | Hoyleton SA |
| Eurocopter AS 365 N3 | RW - T3 | Specialist Intelligence Gathering | McDermott Aviation | Jandakot WA |
| Eurocopter AS.350 B3 | RW - T2 | Winching | United Aero | Camden |
| Eurocopter AS350 B2 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Microflite | Ballarat VIC |
| Eurocopter AS350 B3 | RW - T3 | Firebombing | Osborne Aviation | Latrobe Valley VIC |
| Eurocopter AS350 B3 | RW - T3 | Firebombing | Paton Air | Benalla VIC |
| Eurocopter AS350 BA | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Aerotech Helicopters | Batchelor NT |
| Eurocopter EC130 B4 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Aerotech Helicopters | Claremont SA |
| Eurocopter EC130B4 | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Executive Helicopters | Bundaberg QLD |
| Eurocopter EC135 P2+ | RW - T3 | AAS Platform | Aerotech Helicopters | Claremont SA |
| Eurocopter France | RW- Type 3 Light | AAS Platform | Helifarm | Mt Gambier SA |
| 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 |
| Gulfstream 695A | FW - LAT AAS | AAS Platform | AGAIR | Bundaberg QLD |
| Kawasaki BK117 B-2 | RW - T2 | Winching | Helitreck | Cambridge TAS |
| Lear Jet 36A | FW - Linescan | Linescan | Air Affairs | Nowra NSW |
| Learjet 36A | FW - Linescan | Linescan | Air Affairs | Nowra VIC |
| Pickering UH60+ Blackhawk | RW - T1 | Firebombing | Aerotech Helicopters | Claremont SA |
| Pickering UH60+ Blackhawk | RW - T1 | Firebombing | Aerotech Helicopters | Claremont SA |
| 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 |
| Sikorsky Aircrane S64F | RW - T1 HV | Firebombing | Kestrel Aviation | Essendon, VIC |
| Sikorsky Aircrane S64F | RW - T1 HV | Firebombing | Kestrel Aviation | Moorabbin, VIC |
| Sikorsky S61N | RW - T1 | Firebombing | Coulson Aviation | Mansfield VIC |
| Sikorsky UH-60A Blackhawk | RW - T1 | Firebombing | Kestrel Aviation | Mangalore VIC |
| Super Puma AS332 | RW - T1 | Firebombing | Kestrel Aviation | Ballarat VIC |
| Turbo Commander 695-A | FW - LAT AAS | AAS Platform | AGAIR | Avalon |
| Turbo Commander 695-A | FW - LAT AAS | AAS Platform | AGAIR | Busselton WA |
| UH 60A Blackhawk | RW - T1 | Firebombing | Aerotech Helicopters | Bundaberg QLD |
| UH 60A Blackhawk | RW - T1 | Firebombing | Aerotech Helicopters | Claremont SA |
| UH 60A Blackhawk | RW - T1 | Firebombing | Aerotech Helicopters | Claremont SA |
| UH-60A Blackhawk | RW - T1 | Firebombing | United Aero | Serpentine WA |