Rainstorms earlier this month prompted Santa Barbara County officials to declare an end to High Fire Season and allowed ...

An unauthorized drone collided with an air tanker battling the Palisades Fire on January 9, 2025, tearing a hole in the tanker's wing and rendering it inoperable to fight the fires. The collision ...

The U.S. Forest Service has reopened and pre-positioned aircraft at its Santa Maria Air Tanker Base where critical firefighting equipment stood ready Friday to respond. The state has seen extreme ...

A Motorsports Hall of Famer and multiple world-speed record holder is helping quell the devastating wildfires burning in the foothills of Los Angeles, California — one air tanker drop at a time.

The Santa Maria Air Tanker Base has reopened to help host the air tankers and other aircraft being sent to aid in the Southern California wildfires. "We have 4 water scooping aircraft that can ...

the companies that fight infernos from the air raced to send their air tankers and water bombers to the area. It was supposed to be the off-season. The California Department of Forestry and Fire ...

In an unimaginable display of precision, RAF top gun pilots refuel their jets mid-air as the battle for air supremacy takes a sinister twist - and the Mirror went along for the ride ...

(California Air National Guard/TMX) Once a load is discharged from a MAFFS-equipped aircraft, and the aircraft lands at a tanker base, it can be refilled in less than 12 minutes. Modular Airborne ...

the tanker crews offloaded hundreds of thousands of pounds of fuel, enabling the fighter jets to intercept and neutralize the majority of the threats. Eleven airmen from the Tennessee Air National ...

Sat, January 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM UTC I was in the packed hall at Davos to hear Trump speak. The audience went from laughter to silence in seconds. Elizabeth Warren tells Elon Musk she's 'happy' to ...