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

Los Angeles authorities have vowed to prosecute illegal drone flights after a civilian drone collided with a Canadian “Super ...

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

CAL FIRE has the largest fleet of firefighting equipment of any civilian agency in the world. In all, it has 67 fixed-wing and rotary aircraft in its fleet, with plans to grow that number to 80 in the ...

It’s 9.30 p.m. on Saturday, January 11, and the crew is on its third night working the Palisades fire, a Godzilla of a blaze ...

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

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

Several readers asked whether Mexico and Canada sent support to California as destructive wildfires burn in the Los Angeles ...

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

In order to reach remote fires in the State Responsibility Area, CAL FIRE maintains a fleet of firefighting aircraft, many of ...