What It’s Like to Be an Aerial Tanker Pilot During the L.A. Fires
Multiple aerial firefighting agencies have spent countless hours airborne since the outbreak of the Palisades and Eaton fires ...
Aerial firefighting companies' new challenge: Keeping up with demand
Aerial firefighting companies supplement federal and state firefighting fleets, and their services are in high demand.
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Santa Maria Air Tanker Base reopens, returning to full operations to help fight recent wildfires
Due to several recent wildfire activity across Southern California the past two weeks, the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base has ...
A Look At The Aerial Firefighting Aircraft Used To Fight The LA Fires
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hurricane Hunters ...
NASCAR Driver’s Dad Battles Los Angeles Wildfires From the Sky As A DC-10 Tanker Pilot
Wildfires have devastated County, killing at least 13 people, destroying over 12,000 structures, and displacing tens of ...
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Boeing Secures a Contract for Sustainment of KC-46 Tanker Aircraft
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Inside the cockpit: National Guard air tanker attacks Hughes Fire
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 ...
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Aerial firefighters descend on Los Angeles amid ‘extremely challenging’ conditions
Aerial firefighting companies have rushed aircraft to Southern California to battle a wind-whipped inferno that has burned ...
‘Organisational failure’: Safety risks at aerial firefighting operator
The aviation safety regulator found deficient procedures at Coulson Aviation, which operates the entire NSW aerial firefighting fleet, after the crash of a 737 water bombing aircraft. The company says ...
Through burning hills and blinding smoke: the aerial fight to save a city
Interviews with pilots paint a graphic picture of the struggle to maintain control of their ships amid one of the most ...
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Santa Maria Air Tanker Base reopens and returns to full operations to help fight recent wildfires
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 ...