Aircraft that douse flames with water and bright red Phos-Chek fire retardant are a common sight in California. Aerial ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

A long line of fire and billowing smoke are seen through the helicopter's windshield as it swoops towards one of the several ...

Cal Fire’s fleet of tankers then drops fire ... According to Hillsboro Aero Academy, an Oregon-based flight school, becoming a helicopter pilot involves accumulating between 1,500 and 4,000 ...

The Palisades Fire between Santa Monica and Malibu on the city's western flank and the Eaton Fire in the east near Pasadena ...

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

If a drone is in the air, then all firefighting aerial operations shut down. That's just one of the many warnings officials ...