Aerial firefighting companies supplement federal and state firefighting fleets, and their services are in high demand.

The Los Angeles area has been hit with one of the worst fires in U.S. history. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, has more than 60 fixed-wing and rotor-wing ...

Tech. Sgt. Timothy Lopez, whose family is from Oahu, is part of a team keeping military aircraft ready to support ongoing ...

Given the vast distances these flights would cover without a diversion airport and the previously unreliable piston engine, ...

Some wounds suffered by six Hawaii residents flown to Arizona for medical treatment after a deadly illegal fireworks ...

A former Army pilot. An aging helicopter. Furious winds. The race to put out the Eaton fire tested Los Angeles County’s night ...

When the Hurst Fire was still burning last week in the hills of Sylmar, Whiteman Airport in Pacoima served as a base for the ...

The stowaway snuck past a TSA ID check the night before Christmas Eve and wandered the airport allegedly barefoot before she ...

More strong winds in Southern California could impact aerial efforts to fight the wildfires that have destroyed more than ...

PHOENIX — Six critically burned victims from a New Year's Day fireworks disaster in Hawaii are being airlifted ... by the U.S. military in a C-17 plane, which he said is not a common practice ...

"It looked like a war zone," said Honolulu Fire Chief Sheldon K ... and disrupt our communities," Blangiardi said. Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said several children under the age of 10 were among ...

A United Airlines plane headed for Kona, Hawaii, was forced to return to Los Angeles after experiencing a mechanical issue mid-flight Tuesday morning. Flight 2373 departed from LAX to Kona around ...