Restoring the salvaged 'Franken-bird' F-35A Lightning fighter jet cost an estimated $6 million, a fraction of the $80 million ...

L3Harris Technologies' Viper Shield electronic warfare (EW) system has undergone its first flight on a Lockheed Martin F-16 ...

Oakland's $129.8 million budget deficit could eradicate up to 30% of its firefighting capacity, depleting a strapped department already stretched thin by station closures, according to sources on ...

Peter Tripp Akemann pleaded guilty to "unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft" after colliding a drone with a firefighting plane. Akemann has reportedly signed a plea deal, requiring that he ...

LOS ANGELES — The pilot of a drone that crashed into a firefighting plane, leaving a gaping hole and grounding the aircraft during the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, has agreed to plead ...

A man has agreed to plead guilty to unsafely operating a drone that collided with a firefighting aircraft during the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, Federal authorities said Friday.

The collision damaged the wing of the SuperScooper Quebec 1 on Jan. 9, forcing it to be taken out of service two days after the fire erupted. A Super Scooper plane called Quebec 1 was grounded and ...

Los Angeles — A man has agreed to plead guilty to unsafely operating a drone that collided with a firefighting aircraft during the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, Federal authorities said ...

The governments have also increasingly relied upon two polar opposite groups: well-compensated private fire crews, and prison inmates who are paid between $5.00 and $10.00 per day. California has ...

Man Agrees to Plead Guilty for Flying Drone That Damaged Firefighting Aircraft in LA Wildfire LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot of a drone that crashed into a firefighting plane, leaving a gaping ...

He then launched a drone and flew it towards Pacific Palisades to observe damage caused by the Palisades Fire. Akemann flew the drone more than 1.5 miles toward the fire and lost sight of the ...