As out-of-control wildfires threatened thousands of Los Angeles residents earlier this month, the companies that fight infernos from the air raced to send their air tankers and water bombers to ...

“USFS, has deployed five large air tankers, 10 firefighting helicopters and has dozens of fire engines deployed ... terrain and night flying. Each model provides distinct advantages in speed ...

and planes that spray fire retardant were often hamstrung by the winds. “If we had 100 air tankers there, would it have done any good? I don’t know. Maybe not,” said Joel Kerley, the chief ...

It exchanged its older F-105Bs for the new D-model in June 1960 ... in that system improved the F-105s ability to withstand enemy fire. The F-105D was somewhat less successful as an air-to-air weapon, ...

Due to recent wildfire activity across Southern California the past two weeks, the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base has been ... due to the unprecedented extreme fire weather that has helped fuel ...

Credit: Janene Scully / Noozhawk photo The tanker base saw a fairly busy season in 2024 including the Lake Fire near the Santa Ynez Valley and other blazes around the state, said Alex Ihle ...

A C-130J Super Hercules over the Hughes Fire on Jan. 22, 2025. (California Air National Guard/TMX) Once a load is discharged from a MAFFS-equipped aircraft, and the aircraft lands at a tanker base ...

The Santa Maria Air Tanker Base has reopened to help host the ... for ground resources to get on scene and engage vegetation fire. Now when there's winds in excess of 40 to 80 mph, its very ...

A part of Interstate 81 southbound was closed in Cumberland County after the cab of a tanker truck caught fire on Tuesday evening, a spokesperson with PennDOT said.I-81 has since been reopened ...

A dramatic video takes viewers inside the cockpit of a California Air National ... aircraft lands at a tanker base, it can be refilled in less than 12 minutes." The Hughes Fire has now burned ...

More than 2,600 firefighters, along with helicopters and air tankers, battled the Border 2 fire near the U.S.-Mexico border Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on ...

An eyewitness was cited saying the tanker was descending a slope when the driver lost control and hit vehicles in front, spilling the truck’s inflammable content and igniting a fire that torched ...