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Firefighting helicopters are key to battling wildfires at night. A look at their high-tech features
The very large air tankers typically take center stage during the day. But once the sun goes down, they're grounded, and the ...
Fact Check: Video shot from water-bombing helicopter predates January 2025 LA wildfires
A video filmed from a fire-fighting helicopter dumping water on a fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles ...
Mystery solved: Helicopter flying over Lake Texoma training for fire fighting
Billings Flying Service (BFS) aerial fire fighting helicopter! “When these helicopters came available and you look at their ...
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What It’s Like Inside a Helicopter Fighting the California Fires
Tanker 47 rears up as helicopter pilot Darren Davies settles it to hover over the Encino Reservoir, a half-mile-wide ...
I'm a pilot flying a DC-10 fire bomber to battle the LA fires. This is what I've seen — and this is what needs to stop.
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 ...
How California National Guard helicopter crews are fighting the LA wildfires
A California National Guard pilot describes how flyers perform a firefighting mission in the battle against Los Angeles’ ...
LAFD helicopter pilots describe water drops, challenges of battling Palisades fire in high winds
Quick calculations, coordination, communication and feedback were key in helping helicopter pilots hit their spots.
Hughes Fire: California Air National Guard releases video showing cockpit view of plane fighting the blaze
A video shows the cockpit view of California Air National Guard pilots flying low and dropping fire retardant over the Hughes Fire in Los Angeles County.
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I direct LA’s fire helicopters – here’s the reality of tackling the blaze
Linnea Edmeier, aviation communications officer at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), said ...
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High winds do more than spread fires — they keep firefighting aircraft on the ground
also known as Cal Fire, has a fleet of more than 60 aircraft operating from 14 airfields and 11 helicopter bases across the state, making it the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet in the ...
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Fighting LA’s fires from the sky
For more than a week, the skies above Los Angeles have buzzed with helicopters ... Cal Fire’s team have pioneered new tactics and learned lessons they hope will help others fighting the ...