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NEW YORK, June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ridgewood Infrastructure LLC ('Ridgewood'), a leading infrastructure investor in the U.S. lower middle market, today announced the acquisition of Dauntless Air ('Dauntless' or the 'Company'), a market-leading aerial firefighting company that provides emergency management infrastructure for wildfire response. Dauntless owns and operates the nation's largest and most technologically advanced fleet of Fire Boss aircraft. These specialized water-scooping air tankers, also known as Single Engine Scoopers (SES), are purpose-built to rapidly attack and contain wildfires that threaten people, land and property. Dauntless deploys these aircraft, highly trained personnel and support equipment under long-term government contracts for wildfire suppression services.