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This is why Cal Fire says planned improvements for the Ramona Air Attack Base are so important. The Air Attack platform is ...
A $12 million construction project at the Ramona Airport will provide much-needed improvements to Cal Fire’s air-attack base ...
Whenever there is a brush fire in California, you’ll usually hear and see firefighting aircrafts attacking it from above.
US Northern Command activates two MAFFS aircraft from the 152nd and 146th Airlift Wings to support firefighting efforts in ...
"You need help from the air, whether it's helicopters dropping water, air tankers dropping fire retardant," said Joel Kerley, president of 10 Tanker.
The mighty C-130 Hercules is heading out west to fight massive wildfires spreading across multiple states in the Southwest region. The MAFFS, or Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems, is a system that ...
Behind every one of those drops is a team working around the clock to mix, load, and send aircraft back into the fight,” BLM ...
U.S. Northern Command has activated military cargo planes equipped to drop retardant as an intensifying peak wildfire season ...
Grand Junction’s air tankers can launch in minutes to battle wildfires. Inside the rapid response and teamwork that keeps Colorado skies safer.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - As wildfire season intensifies across Western Colorado, firefighting aircraft are once again becoming a critical line of defense. At the Grand Junction Air Center, ...
Helena has an ace up its sleeve when it comes to firefighting aircraft, a tanker base that can support the largest firefighting planes.
A video showing a massive fire in 2023 near Pakistan's Nur Khan air base has been falsely claimed online to show the aftermath of an Indian strike on the base in May 2025.