Every year, wildfires in the American West grow more intense, yet aerial firefighting remains hamstrung by a decades-old limitation: aircraft cannot operate safely in darkness or heavy smoke. This ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – California is reaching new heights in wildfire response, now operating 16 Fire Hawk helicopters—part of what state officials say is the largest civilian aerial firefighting ...

Fire-fighting pilots are some of the bravest folks around. This post on Reddit is incredible. Altitude alarms are screaming as the pilot opens a big scooper and fills up his plane. So much of the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A boost from the federal government may be coming soon for aerial firefighters. Firefighting aircraft play a vital role in tackling wildfires in our state and across the country, ...

They are more than 65 feet long, with a wingspan of roughly 93 feet; inside, only a pilot and co-pilot sit. The power and purpose of these planes come from their tanks, which hold 1,600 gallons of ...

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Rep. Janelle Bynum (OR-05) and fellow Reps. Eli Crane (AZ-02), Joe Neguse (CO-02), and Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) introduced the bipartisan Wildfire Aerial Response Safety Act on ...

LOS ANGELES, CA - TracPlus, a global leader in mission-critical intelligence for aerial firefighting, today announced its strategic partnership with CAL FIRE to launch the CAL FIRE Aviation Tracking ...

LOS ANGELES, April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- TracPlus, the leading provider of mission-critical intelligence for aerial firefighting operations, today announced the launch of FireFlyte, a ...