A former Army pilot. An aging helicopter. Furious winds. The race to put out the Eaton fire tested Los Angeles County’s night-flying firefighters like never before.
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 ...
Several readers asked whether Mexico and Canada sent support to California as destructive wildfires burn in the Los Angeles ...
The Third Reich’s arms industry produced some very impressive war machines, and this included bombers. The two most famous of ...
The CEO of Bridger Aerospace, which has sent Super Scooper planes to tackle the LA wildfires, said drones are a major concern for his pilots.
Aircraft that douse flames with water and bright red Phos-Chek fire retardant are a common sight in California. Aerial ...
The De Havilland Canada DHC-515 is an amphibious twin-engined aircraft originally manufactured by Canadair and then by ...
One reason last week’s collision between a firefighting plane and a drone caused such a stir was because Los Angeles doesn’t ...
The people flying planes and tankers involved in dousing blazes face hot, sweaty, turbulent conditions — and the risk that ...
A slew of planes and helicopters are helping fight the Los Angeles area wildfires. Blazes have been raging in the area for a week.
The Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper that was grounded by a drone strike while battling the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles has ...
One of CAL FIRE’s newest additions, the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, is often the first to arrive at the scene of a fire, ...