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Aerial firefighting
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<p>Aerial firefighting, also known as waterbombing, is the use of <a href="/facts/Aircraft/EhC4mBep">aircraft</a> and other aerial resources to <a href="/facts/Wildfire_suppression/nKJHnMF2">combat wildfires</a>. The types of aircraft used include <a href="/facts/Fixed-wing_aircraft/0DQQP2rB">fixed-wing aircraft</a> and <a href="/facts/Helicopters/chQF7H55">helicopters</a>. <a href="/facts/Smokejumper/G95y3WLG">Smokejumpers</a> and rappellers are also classified as aerial firefighters, delivered to the fire by parachute from a variety of fixed-wing <a href="/facts/Aircraft/EhC4mBep">aircraft</a>, or rappelling from <a href="/facts/Helicopter/chQF7H55">helicopters</a>. Chemicals used to fight fires may include water, water enhancers such as <a href="/facts/Fire-fighting_foam/fnhESF0V">foams</a> and <a href="/facts/Fire-retardant_gel/GaIrhCdT">gels</a>, and specially formulated fire retardants such as <a href="/facts/Phos-Chek/t8VzfDg1">Phos-Chek</a>. </p>