A video filmed from a fire-fighting helicopter dumping water on a fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles ...

Billings Flying Service (BFS) aerial fire fighting helicopter! “When these helicopters came available and you look at their ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Help in fighting the recent Los Angeles fires came from many corners, and the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District was part ...

Equipped with airborne fire-fighting systems, C-130 Super Hercules planes are flying missions over the wildfires in Southern ...