Aerial firefighting companies supplement federal and state firefighting fleets, and their services are in high demand.

U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130J Super Hercules ...

I'm a third-generation firefighter — and I'm helping to battle the LA fires from the air in a DC-10 fire bomber. Here's how ...

All 8 MAFFS C-130s assigned to the aerial firefighting mission were launched ... and the aircraft lands at a tanker base, it can be refilled in less than 12 minutes. Modular Airborne Firefighting ...

When a blaze fuelled by hurricane-force winds broke out in the Palisades on 7 January, Cal Fire joined an unprecedented ...

Billings Flight Service helps fight major fires at home and overseas --- including the ongoing California wildfires. The ...

However, aerial firefighting specialist 10 Tanker, which is helping lead the Southern California effort, is a Kalitta Air client. Kalitta Air does not own or operate any tanker aircraft.

We work as a team with the tanker base, with the mechanics who ... "If drones fly, we can't" is an axiom we use in aerial firefighting. Normally a drone will shut down an aerial firefighting ...

Quick calculations, coordination, communication and feedback were key in helping helicopter pilots hit their spots.

"10 Tanker is a unique customer," said ... have been lost and nearly 15,000 structures destroyed, aerial assets and ground force firefighters have managed to contain 95 percent of the Eaton ...

The very large air tankers typically take center stage during the day. But once the sun goes down, they're grounded, and the ...