Reduced visibility from thick smoke, coupled with turbulence created by the fire's heat, can create perilous flying ...

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

The Super Scooper is among an array of firefighting aircraft, including helicopters and air tankers, that the California ...

Aerial support during the California wildfires has been grounded at times by high winds. Here's what the aircrafts do and why ...

Fighting the deadly wildfires in ... spots on the ground to planes and helicopters providing fire suppression from the air. Specialized aircraft are dropping massive amounts of water and colorful ...

Linnea Edmeier, aviation communications officer at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), said ...

Equipped with airborne fire-fighting systems ... Guard video shared Wednesday shows a pilot’s point-of-view as the aircraft flies over and drops retardant on the Hughes Fire in Castaic, near ...

"So, each aircraft will have that ... which each hold 4,000 gallons of fire retardant. According to Reuters, Cal Fire can also employ contractors to bring in Large Air Tankers (LATs) and Very ...

Photos released by the agency showed that the drone put a large hole in the aircraft’s wing ... firefighters’ efforts to suppress this fire and actually get it contained,” Davis ...

is considered extremely cost-effective in fighting wildfires, according to Business Insider. Cal Fire doesn’t own any Super Scoopers. Instead, it has been leasing two of the aircraft from the ...