The familiar, water-dropping aircraft are leased by the fire department from Quebec each year to help fend off California ...

Equipped with airborne fire-fighting systems, C-130 Super Hercules planes are flying missions over the wildfires in Southern California that started earlier this month. California Air National Guard ...

Cal Fire currently has over 60 planes and helicopters within its firefighting fleet — and aircraft from its fleet have been heavily involved in the ongoing effort to combat the flames from above.

Cal Fire had more than 60 aircraft within its firefighting ... Media choppers must fly 1,000 feet above the air tactical zone. Command and control planes orbit the fire above 2,500 feet.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ... adding that De Havilland hopes to ramp up production to nine or 10 planes each year. Most Super Scoopers in the U.S. are owned ...

The defendant has agreed to pay more than $65,000 in restitution and faces up to a year in federal prison, prosecutors said.

Chief Daniel Berlant, California's State Fire Marshal, emphasized that different fires require different tools. "Our helicopters are able to quickly access water and drop it in areas that planes ...

California officials on Tuesday announced residents in certain Palisades Fire evacuation zones will be allowed to return home, as the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department increases security measures ...

A drone that authorities say was flying in restricted airspace on Jan. 9 put a fist-sized hole in the wing of a Super Scooper ...