The fight from above is critical in giving firefighters a chance to get some semblance of control over the fires, said one ...

In order to reach remote fires in the State Responsibility Area, CAL FIRE maintains a fleet of firefighting aircraft, many of ...

Houston firefighters are expressing solidarity with their colleagues in California battling devastating wildfires, offering potential assistance as the situation unfolds.

Aerial firefighting companies have rushed aircraft to Southern California in recent days to battle a wind-whipped inferno ...

The Federal Aviation Administration said it is investigating after fire officials reported that a firefighting aircraft ...

The Pentagon said Friday that two military C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with a firefighting system are now flying over ...

For 30 years, the aircraft have been part of California's fire defenses. In a warming world, these types of cross-border deals will become more important.

The Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems program was instituted in 1971 as a collaboration between the U.S. Forest Service ...

The Pentagon sent C-130 MAFFS-equipped aircraft to fight the LA fires. The water bombers drop nearly 14 tons of fire ...

The Forest Service in California employs a litany of helicopters built for firefighting, dumping thousands of water on raging ...