A California National Guard pilot describes how flyers perform a firefighting mission in the battle against Los Angeles’ raging fires.

California Army Guard and a member of TF Rattlesnake. Air National Guard aircrews flew C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System. Nestled in the cargo area of ...

The whir of the helicopter blades fills the cabin as the aircraft circles the remains of several Los Angeles neighborhoods, ...

before traveling with the aircrew on a repositioning flight to a CAL FIRE helitack base, Jan. 11, 2025. (Photo: Air Force Staff Sgt. Crystal Housman) Soldiers and airmen from California’s Army ...

California Army National Guard pilots flew over Pacific Palisades ... fires increased overnight as winds weakened. The Palisades Fire, burning in Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Topanga, inched ...

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A high-ranking military appointee of California ... Army National Guard military police and consequence management forces.” Beevers returned Team Blaze’s five fire ...

Southern California ... fire refugees arrive with regularity at the checkpoint on Pacific Coast Highway. They come alone or in pairs, lining up behind the clutch of police cruisers and a National ...

Other fires, like the 2023 Maui fires and the 2017 Tubbs Fire in Northern ... everyone off guard, as far as I know.” As the city seeks to fight the fires and rebuild, California leaders have ...