Behind every one of those drops is a team working around the clock to mix, load, and send aircraft back into the fight,” BLM ...

A former search-and-rescue plane for the U.S. Coast Guard will be making its new home away from the sea at Cal Fire’s Air Attack Base in Ramona. The C-130 air tanker is one of seven that will be ...

At least five fixed-wing aircraft are staged at the base, ready to aid ground firefighting crews assigned to the Thomas Fire raging in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. No paywalls.

"You need help from the air, whether it's helicopters dropping water, air tankers dropping fire retardant," said Joel Kerley, president of 10 Tanker.

DULUTH - A Hibbing air tanker base used for fighting wildfires will get a major overhaul thanks to more than $6 million set aside in the infrastructure bill signed into law by Gov. Tim Walz last ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A portable air tanker base, capable of handling the large airplanes that drop fire retardant on wildfires, will be coming to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. State Rep ...

May 17—As fire season looms, the U.S. Forest Service is amping up its readiness with major improvements for air tankers that take the battle to wildfires, dropping fire retardant on the blazes ...

Cal Fire's air tanker base at McClellan running around the clock. ... First thing next week, they say they'll be out fighting the fire that is threatening their home base.

A portable air tanker base is now stationed at the airport. It can refill the largest air tankers, like the DC-10 Tanker, which can drop 11,600 of fire retardant at a time.

Cal Fire's air tankers are playing a big role battling the flames. The tankers are flying from Sacramento McClellan Airport, one of two air tanker bases in Northern California.

DURANGO — The Durango Air Tanker Base has opened two weeks earlier than usual in anticipation of a busy wildfire season. San Juan National Forest Fire Management Officer Richard Bustamante says ...