One of six night-flying California Chinook firefighting helicopters is now stationed in Fallbrook, strategically placed to serve both northern San Diego County and southwestern Riverside County during ...

The Chinooks join a fleet of 10 Firehawk S-70i helicopters scattered around the state. Firehawks are also capable of flying ...

The CH-47 Chinook has been doing service in for decades now, thanks to its capabilities. A replacement for the aging Chinook ...

Three Chinook cargo helicopters and 16 soldiers from the Army National Guard returned to Rochester Wednesday after helping to transport supplies to areas devastated by Helene in the Carolinas.

As ground crews work hard to contain the Conner Fire near Minden, air crews were also helping out from the skies on Friday.One of the aircraft that was used to ...

Flying overhead will be Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters, with pilots like Victoria Robinson leading the formation. “I’ll be in the lead Black Hawk flying over the parade,” she said.

The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a heavy-lift, tandem-rotor helicopter developed in the early 1960s. The CH-47 is capable of a top speed of 170 knots (200 mph), making it one of the fastest helicopters ...

The U.S. Army tested the CH-47 Chinook to land on water with a sealed fuselage and succeeded. Some militaries have also landed on water to let a boat load up.

Helicopters are essential for firefighting. They can drop 1,000 gallons of water at once — some much more. That’s far more than hoses can get on a fire all at once, and it can be the best way ...

But pilots sometimes have to fly a long way to scoop up water, and in drought-prone areas, natural sources can sometimes dry up or diminish so they're hard to draw from. In Southern California's ...

Glenn Chavez sets a timer as water fills a newly installed Heli-Hydrant, a small, open tank that helicopters can rely on to get water faster for urban fires, Friday, April 11, 2025, in Cabazon ...