Cal Fire and U.S. Forest Service crews took part in an annual training program to learn how to coordinate aerial attacks on wildfires as California braces for another fire season. From lessons high in ...

CHICO — The churn of fire season begins. More than 70 air tanker pilots and 30 support staff, flying for the firefighting company AeroFlite, completed their annual training this month out of the Chico ...

CLASSROOM ..AND... IN THE FIELD. ACTION NEWS 8 REPORTER ááBRADY HALBLEIBáá HAS THE DETAILS...## FROM LESSONS HIGH IN THE SKY, TO TACTICAL TRAINING ON THE GROUND, WHAT'S LEARNED IN THE CLASSROOM IS NOW ...

Supporting aerial firefighting missions, the Boeing 767 is set to become the next chapter in Coulson Aviation USA's Very Large Airtanker program (also known as VLAT ). The program will mark a ...

Cal Fire is partnering with Skyryse to integrate its SkyOS flight operating system into its aerial firefighting fleet, aiming to enhance capabilities amidst increasing wildfires and a shortage of ...

BUCKLEY SPACE AIR FORCE BASE, Aurora, Colo. – For the past 10 years, the Colorado Army National Guard has partnered with the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control and other key partners to ...

INVESTIGATION, AND WITH GRASS FIRES ALREADY POPPING UP, CAL FIRE IS JOINING FORCES WITH THE MILITARY TO PREPARE FOR WILDFIRE SEASON. KCRA 3’S MELANIE WINGO JOINING US NOW FROM MATHER, WHERE THE THREE ...

Rapid City, S.D. (KELO) — The Rapid City Fire Department is taking advantage of the weather by working on the aerial operations training required when they need to scale high fires. This month, crews ...

LUMA's director of aerial operations discusses the utility's advanced training program in aerial and ground operations during this Line Life Podcast episode. To continue to provide resilient, safe and ...

Devastating wildfires – including the infernos that recently ravaged Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California – only serve to highlight the critical role of aerial firefighting. Kate Broug, ...

A helicopter dumps water on a burning wildfire in the Texas Panhandle during the 2024 wildfire season. (Jason Abraham, Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston - All ...