When the wildfires broke out on Jan. 7 across Los Angeles County, the unprecedented force of the Santa Ana winds delayed the aerial firefighting response. Although winds reached 100 mph at their peak, ...

Some of these pilots come from military backgrounds, while others shift over from passenger airlines, 10 Tanker's Kerley said. Aerial firefighting pilots' ages span decades. He has nearly 30 on staff.

an aerial firefighting contractor based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There is no precision equipment or autopilot for fire drops, just a pilot's view through the windscreen and his experience.

A drone that authorities say was flying in restricted airspace on Jan. 9 put a fist-sized hole in the wing of a Super Scooper ...

California, most notably, boasts the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet in the world, including airtankers, helicopters, pilots ... seen from a bird’s-eye view. Suddenly, I had left ...