I'm a third-generation firefighter — and I'm helping to battle the LA fires from the air in a DC-10 fire bomber. Here's how we do it.

Franken-bird”: The US Air Force has used sections from two damaged aircraft to restore an F-35 to combat-ready status.

Meanwhile, Pentagon officials have said that, since the fires have come outside the traditional firefighting season, some of the C-130s had to be refitted with Modular Airborne Fire Fighting ...

The Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson ... The plane features a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System that can discharge 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in less than ...

The F-35As join F-16C Fighting Falcons from the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., and F-22 Raptors from the 525th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron out of Joint-Base ...

Cal Fire has its own fleet of aircraft operating from 14 airfields and 11 helicopter bases across the state that can reach most fires within about 20 minutes.

More than 1,600 California National Guard soldiers are active in efforts to fight the multiple wildfires burning around Los ...

President Trump’s mass firing of 17 inspectors general late Friday flouted the law and sparked widespread condemnation from ...

A Colorado Springs-based Air Force Reserve unit has joined the interstate ... The Castle Rock, Four Mile, Stratmoor Hills, Hartsel and Southern Arkansas fire departments deployed to California ...

Additionally, four military Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System units -- technology ... and right now we can't even get assets up in the air because the fires are so bad and the winds are ...