Interviews with pilots paint a graphic picture of the struggle to maintain control of their ships amid one of the most ...

The people flying planes and tankers involved in dousing blazes face hot, sweaty, turbulent conditions — and the risk that ...

As Los Angeles residents fled an insatiable inferno in Pacific Palisades last week, aerial firefighter Diego Calderoni was ...

Multiple aerial firefighting agencies have spent countless hours airborne since the outbreak of the Palisades and Eaton fires ...

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

Firefighters in California are battling the fires from the sky using a variety of specialized aircraft that dump water and ...

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

The Forest Service in California employs a litany of helicopters built for firefighting, dumping thousands of water on raging ...

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

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

A MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter shown in 2014 assisting in aerial firefighting at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Ten Navy helicopters ...