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

Interviews with pilots paint a graphic picture of the struggle to maintain control of their ships amid one of the most ...

A Chinook helicopter makes a water-bombing run ... To hear Davies tell it, he’s not the only pilot flying this fire who would rank nighttime water-bombing a raging wildfire as one of the more ...

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 ...

A California National Guard pilot describes how flyers perform a firefighting mission in the battle against Los Angeles’ ...

By that point, helicopter pilots had been dropping water on the flames for about nine hours, but were fighting a tough battle against the winds, which spread the fire at an alarming rate ...