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✈ S. Oregon's largest aviation community. News, photos, videos, and more to educate and inform. Rogue Valley AirWatch is operated by Scott & Tim.

We are two local plane spotters with a passion for aviation and sharing it with our community.

09/01/2026

U.S. Coast Guard HC-130J out of Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento dropped into Medford Monday afternoon for a couple of touch and goes before heading back to Sacramento.

With the US Coast Guard preparing to retire the C-27's within the next couple of years, Sacramento is slowly beginning the transition to HC-130's.

08/16/2026

2 UH-60M Blackhawks from the 2-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion made a fuel stop at the Rogue Valley International Medford Airport yesterday afternoon on their way back to Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

N83WL a UH-60A from Heli-1 finished up some maintenance at the Helicopter Express ramp out at the Rogue Valley International Medford Airport before heading back out to the Grants Pass Airport.

08/09/2026

MAFFS 2 from the 302nd Airlift Wing made an appearance at the Medford Air Tanker Base yesterday evening to reload for the Mile Post 18 Fire in Northern California.

MAFFS (Modular Airborne FireFighting System) is a portable unit that slides into a military C-130 to convert it into a air tanker which holds up to 3000 gallons of retardant.

MAFFS are activated when all other air tankers are activated and committed allowing more resources for fires. Up to 6 MAFFS can be activated.

Tanker 912 also made a short maintenance flight yesterday evening since being grounded since July 25th due to a mechanical issue.

08/02/2026

Some of the action from the last couple of days.

Today Tankers 136 and 138 were dispatched out of Medford for the Coleman Creek Fire in Eastern Oregon and continued working that fire and others in Central Oregon throughout the day with 136 returning to Medford for the night.

Tanker 910 made 2 flights on the Big Grass Fire, 1 flight on the I5 Fire out in Grants Pass and 1 flight on the Round Butte Fire in Central Oregon.

Croman's S-61's 624CK and 625CK have been busy helping battle the Castle Fire and today on the I5 Fire in Grants Pass.

07/28/2026

Tankers 131 and 136 from Coulson Aviation - Next Gen Firefighting and Tanker 168 from AeroFlite arriving back at the Rogue Valley International Medford Airport this evening after battling fires in Eastern Oregon.

07/27/2026

A relatively quiet day for the Air Tankers working out of Medford today, all the Large Air Tankers left earlier in the day for various fires across the West. Tanker 910 conducted only 2 flights today.

Croman's S-61's 624CK and 625CK have been helping combat the Castle Fire in the Umpqua National Forest making fuels stops back at Croman's facility in White City.

Alaska Horizon's retro livery also made a visit into Medford this evening.

07/26/2026

Another busy day with Tankers 910 and 912 flying missions on fires in Central Oregon and reloading out of Medford. Large Air Tankers left Medford earlier in the day for Central Oregon after overnighting and 3 returned this evening.

2 T-38's made a fuel stop this afternoon and departed this evening back down to Beale AFB.

REACH's special livery H130 stopped into Million Air for fuel after a patient drop off at Asante.

07/25/2026

Busy evening out at the Rogue Valley International Medford Airport with Tanker 912 reloading out of Medford for 4 flights on the Bench Fire in Central Oregon.

5 Large Air Tankers repositioned to Medford for the night with Redmond full, highlighted by Tanker 210 from the NSW Rural Fire Service, Tanker 136 came in with a feathered #2 engine and underwent maintenance to get back in service. Tankers 104 and 106 from Erickson Aero Tanker arrived along with Aeroflite Tanker 168 which arrived after sunset.

07/21/2026

Some of the highlights from yesterday and today. Yesterday Tanker 910 was dispatched to the Waldo Fire over near O'Brien where they conducted 2 sorties on the fire while Tankers 12 and 183 came down from La Grande and also conducted 2 sorties on the fire before overnighting in Medford.

Today Tanker 910 has been flying multiple missions on the Biscar Fire down in Lassen County in California, Tankers 167 and 183 have also been dispatched there while reloading out of Reno Stead.

A Cessna 175 also experienced an engine out emergency shortly after departing the Medford Airport, and was able to make a safe landing while ARFF 10 and Operations vehicles met them.

07/18/2026

For nearly three years, RVAW has shared aviation activity, local aircraft movements, and air tanker operations from across Southern Oregon.

As we approach our third anniversary, we appreciate everyone who has followed, shared our posts, and supported the page.

Follow along to stay informed on aircraft and air tanker activity throughout the region.

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