Due to several recent wildfire activity across Southern California the past two weeks, the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base has been reopened and is now providing vital service in the ongoing firefighting ...

U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130J Super Hercules ...

I'm a third-generation firefighter — and I'm helping to battle the LA fires from the air in a DC-10 fire bomber. Here's how ...

LYON—Daher is cementing its position in the North American aerostructures market with a long-term lease for its Stuart, ...

The Boeing Company BA recently clinched a modification contract to provide operational and sustainment services for KC-46 aerial refueling tanker jets. The award has been provided by the Air Force ...

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 ...

A three-year, $43.6-million assignment for Boeing Defense covers operational support and sustainment for the KC-46 tanker and ...

President-elect Donald Trump has named Troy Meink, a former Air Force KC-135 tanker navigator and former deputy of the ...

R.K. Smithley, father of Xfinity Series driver Garrett, has a unique job — he's one of the pilots helping fire relief in the ...

There is no precision equipment or autopilot for fire drops, just a pilot's view through the windscreen and his experience.

The people flying planes and tankers involved in dousing blazes face hot, sweaty, turbulent conditions — and the risk that ...