The newly renovated Santa Maria Air Tanker Base includes a second-floor operations room and upgraded ground facilities to support faster aircraft turnaround and expanded aerial firefighting efforts.

Construction has been underway at the Ramona Air Attack Base since August. The project will reconstruct the aging tarmac and support the incoming C-130H aircraft. Cal Fire San Diego Capt. Robert ...

A haze of smoke from Border Fire 18 covers the landscape on Saturday. (Photo courtesy of CalFire San Diego via Alert California) A brush fire burned dozens of acres Saturday south of Dulzura in the ...

The North Carolina Air National Guard identified Tuesday the four airmen who died Sunday when their firefighting C-130 tanker crashed while fighting a wildfire in South Dakota's Black Hills region.

Aircraft are one of the most important tools for fighting wildfires, and across the various agencies and private companies that use firefighting aircraft, you'll find an entire arsenal of airborne ...

KILLEEN, Texas — When wildfires threaten Texas communities, help arrives from the sky at 400 miles per hour. The Texas A&M Forest Service has stationed specialized air tankers at Killeen Regional ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Air tankers were grounded Wednesday in California after one of the aircraft crashed into a steep canyon wall while fighting a blaze in Yosemite National Park, killing ...