Too old for the truck but too stubborn to stop, these veteran CFA volunteers are giving water bombers what they need to fight ...

Fire fighting Resources Assigned “Several fires have broken out in the area and ... military helicopters with under-slung buckets, waterscoopers (amphibious planes), Large Air Tankers (LATs), C-130’s ...

Captain RK Smithley flies McDonnell Douglas DC-10 fire ... into tanker planes for a New Mexico-based company called 10Tanker. The DC-10 is one of dozens of aircraft assisting in fighting the ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Captain RK Smithley, a pilot flying McDonnell Douglas DC-10 widebody airliners converted into tanker planes ... the air fighting fire, so ...

Aerial support during the California wildfires has been grounded at times by high winds. Here's what the aircrafts do and why they can't fly in certain conditions. NBC Universal, Inc. High winds ...