7 Different Aircraft Used For Aerial Firefighting
Aerial firefighting has become an essential part of wildfire suppression strategies, offering the speed, precision, and ...
Victorville Daily Press26d
Water tanks in the sky: How firefighting planes help ground crews combat LA wildfires
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 ...
The Aviationist10d
Leonardo’s C-27J Firefighter, A Multi-Mission Aircraft Which Can Complement Canadairs
These aircraft are essential ... In fact, Leonardo sees the fire-fighting C-27J as a complementary solution which can increase the efficiency of air attacks against fire. The demonstrator of ...
Los Angeles Times26d
Inside the dramatic air attack that saved Brentwood and Encino from the surging Palisades fire
But this time, there were two critical differences in the firefight: There was a squadron of massive water- and retardant-dropping aircraft ... knew that fighting fire from the air was gonna ...
Aviation Week25d
Podcast: Fighting Fires From The Air—A Pilot’s Experience
And you see that in the California fires, and most of these drops, the helicopters or the air tankers ... affect the engines of the aircraft currently fighting fire? I hope someone's looking ...
Hughes Fire: California Air National Guard releases video showing cockpit view of plane fighting the blaze
A video shows the cockpit view of California Air National Guard pilots flying low and dropping fire retardant over the Hughes Fire in Los Angeles County.
Weary LA residents finally told when they can return to homes after fires ravaged thousands of buildings along the coast: Recap
Weary Los Angeles locals have finally learned when they can return to their homes to inspect the damage caused by the city's worst fires in history. Officials will begin reopening fire-ravaged ...
Los Angeles Times26d
Facing treacherous winds and dangerous drones, L.A. fire pilots describe daring air drops
That’s life for the roughly 100 fire pilots fighting ... aircraft, particularly some of the enormous rural fires in the northern part of the state, Karpus said, but never in such congested urban ...
Wyoming News29d
Wyoming National Guard activates C-130s to fight LA wildfires
CHEYENNE -- Three Wyoming Air National Guard C-130s equipped with the U.S. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems ... Three C-130 aircraft from the 153rd Airlfit Wing will ...
NBC Los Angeles28d
High winds do more than spread fires — they keep firefighting aircraft on the ground
The tankers loop from the fire to the air base, where aircraft like the S-2T tanker can be refilled on the ground within minutes. Cal Fire also has seven new airtankers that were put into service ...
Yahoo News23d
I'm a pilot flying a DC-10 fire bomber to battle the LA fires. This is what I've seen — and this is what needs to stop.
Smithley dropped red fire retardant over the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles. Mountainous terrain, winds, busy air traffic, and drones have complicated the mission. I'm a third-generation ...
The Independent5d
Airline bans power banks after plane destroyed in horror fire
Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive ...