They'll add to what the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is using against the Los Angeles wildfires: The high-profile – and most eye-catching – firefighting aircraft is ...

John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System ... the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Alexandra Byrne One reason last week’s collision between a firefighting plane and a drone caused such a stir was because Los Angeles doesn’t have many spare “Super Scoopers” to take the aircraft’s ...

Fire departments ... into our National Airspace System,” the agency said. “The FAA can use its existing performance-based regulations to certify autonomous aircraft capable of dispensing ...

The respite from powerful winds that drove the devastating firestorms aided an epic aerial assault Saturday as a fleet of aircraft worked ... of Forestry and Fire Protection.