Fighting in Sudan’s civil war sets ablaze the country’s largest oil refinery, satellite photos show
Fighting around Sudan’s largest oil refinery has set the sprawling complex ablaze, sending thick, black polluted smoke over ...
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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 ...
See what battling California wildfires look like from cockpit of a C-130 aircraft
Equipped with airborne fire-fighting systems, C-130 Super Hercules planes are flying missions over the wildfires in Southern California that started earlier this month. California Air National Guard ...
California Fires: Progress made on Hughes Fire in Castaic, maps show areas under evacuation
The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with ...
LA's Wildfires Would've Been Much Worse If It Weren't For These Aircraft
The Los Angeles fires first started on January 7, 2025, as a result of strong winds. According to NBC, the first area to be ...
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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Cockpit video shows California Air National Guard battling Hughes Fire
Footage shot from the cockpit of a firefighting aircraft shows a U.S. Air National Guard pilot dropping fire retardant over the Hughes Fire in Southern California on Wednesday.
Take the pilot’s seat as C-130 aircraft flies over California wildfire and drops retardant
The planes can “discharge their entire load of up to 3,000 gallons of retardant in less than five seconds, covering an area one-quarter of a mile long by 100 feet wide, or they can make variable drops ...
Inside the cockpit: National Guard air tanker attacks Hughes Fire
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 ...
Fighting LA’s fires from the sky
When a blaze fuelled by hurricane-force winds broke out in the Palisades on 7 January, Cal Fire joined an unprecedented ...
Mystery solved: Helicopter flying over Lake Texoma training for fire fighting
Billings Flight Service helps fight major fires at home and overseas --- including the ongoing California wildfires. The ...