Quick calculations, coordination, communication and feedback were key in helping helicopter pilots hit their spots.

Interviews with pilots paint a graphic picture of the struggle to maintain control of their ships amid one of the most ...

Firefighting aircraft drop hundreds of gallons of fire retardant with each pass, but what would happen to a car caught up in a drop?

Fire-wrecked Los Angeles got a break Wednesday as dangerous winds dropped, giving hope to weary firefighters still battling to snuff out deadly blazes. More than a week after fires fanned by ...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – Fire-wrecked Los Angeles got a break Wednesday as dangerous winds dropped, giving hope to weary firefighters still battling to snuff out deadly blazes.

Thousands of acres have been burned in the multiple fires that have erupted in Los Angeles County in the past week, leaving people without homes and their belongings, and a death toll that is ...

Firefighters in California are battling the fires from the sky using a variety of specialized aircraft that dump water and ...

Firefighting aircraft drop water bombs over the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, battling flames that spread an additional 1,000 acres in just 24 hours. The wildfire destroyed more homes ...

“That helicopter fire drop was pure precision. Put it on SportsCenter and cue the slow-mo replay,” one person stated. That helicopter fire drop was pure precision. Put it on SportsCenter and c ...

Planes drop fire retardant on homes in California Here in the U.S., the most common compound to do this is called Phos-Chek, according to a blog post from fire retardant distributor RDR Solutions.

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