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 ...
As such, MAFFS comes with its own trailer and does not require structural modifications to the aircraft it's designed for.
The pilot killed in the crash was later identified as 58-year-old Fernando Solans Robles of Spain, according to the local government in Maule, Chile, which said Robles was fighting a forest fire.
Carrying massive loads of water or fire retardant, fast-moving specialized aircraft help contain the spread of wildfires.
The U.S. Northern Command activated eight of its C-130 aircraft ... Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems program was instituted in 1971 as a collaboration between the U.S. Forest Service and ...
U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard ...
The Horton Fire has scorched nearly 1,900 acres of forest along the Mogollon Rim ... More information can be found on the Federal Aviation Administration website. On Saturday, the Arizona ...
Political leaders say provincial resources and military personnel are ready to join the Los Angeles wildfire battle as some ...
is considered extremely cost-effective in fighting wildfires, according to Business Insider. Cal Fire doesn’t own any Super Scoopers. Instead, it has been leasing two of the aircraft from the ...
Fighting the deadly wildfires in ... spots on the ground to planes and helicopters providing fire suppression from the air. Specialized aircraft are dropping massive amounts of water and colorful ...