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Firefighting aircraft directory/France/Beechcraft Super King Air/F-ZBMB

Aircraft reference

F-ZBMB

King Air B200 · Securite Civile

Lead & observationFranceBengale 97
Photograph of F-ZBMB

Kakoula10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Identity

Mission
Lead & observation
Registration
F-ZBMB
Mode-S address
3B7B64
ICAO type
BE20
Model
King Air B200
Manufacturer
Beech
Operator
Securite Civile
Country of registration
France
Home base
Nîmes-Garons · France
Call sign
Bengale 97

Investigation and air coordination; call sign Icare on coordination missions.

About the Beechcraft Super King Air

Coordination and observation aircraft

It carries the observers and radios that organize the air operation. It locates and assesses the fire, identifies safe drop runs, separates aircraft in the incident airspace, and guides tankers; it normally carries no water or retardant.

What this type can do

The King Air 200 is a fast, enduring twin-turboprop with room for an air-attack supervisor, communications, and sensors. It builds the overview of a large incident and sequences tankers and helicopters from above.

This describes the type’s usual firefighting capability; it does not prove what this aircraft is carrying or doing now.

Beechcraft Super King Air

The Beechcraft Super King Air family is part of a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by Beechcraft. The Model 200 and Model 300 series were originally marketed as the "Super King Air" family; the "Super" designation was dropped in 1996. They form the King Air line together with the King Air Model 90 and 100 series.

ICAO type · BE20

Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Flight history

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Photographs

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  • Photograph of the aircraft

    Kakoula10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

  • Photograph of the aircraft

    Karl Dittlbacher · All rights reserved · Planespotters.net

Elsewhere

Live tracking & flight history

  • Flightradar24Commercial flight history, airport pairs and scheduled times.
  • ADS-B ExchangeUnfiltered live globe, including aircraft other trackers hide.
  • adsb.lolThe volunteer network this map reads its trajectories from.
  • FlightAwareRegistration record and recent activity.

Photography

  • JetPhotosScreened spotter photography, newest first.
  • Planespotters.netPhotographs alongside the production and delivery record.
  • Airliners.netLong-running photo archive, often the oldest images of a frame.
  • Wikimedia CommonsFreely licensed images — the ones this sheet is allowed to host.

Registries & airframe records

  • Airframes.orgAirframe history: serial number, operators, incidents.
  • adsbdbOpen registration database, in JSON.
  • hexdb.ioMode-S address record used by the tracking community, in JSON.

Type reference

  • ICAO type BE20ICAO Doc 8643 entry: designator, wake category, engines.
Reference data assembled on July 27, 2026 from adsbdb, hexdb.io, Wikimedia Commons, Planespotters. Run pnpm fetch:aircraft --refresh to rebuild it.