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A "significant" Cal Fire construction project at the Ramona Air Attack Base, being designed to accommodate a new air tanker, will begin next week.
The Hemet-Ryan Air Attack Base in Riverside County will be used as the nearest fire-retardant reloading facility. A temporary ...
Cal Fire San Diego will soon begin a construction project at its Ramona Air Attack Base to prepare it for the arrival of a ...
CAL FIRE's San Diego Unit is preparing the Ramona Air Attack Base for a new C-130H air tanker with extensive renovations starting August 1, 2025.
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 two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) Aircraft, one from the 152nd Airlift ...
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, ...
"You need help from the air, whether it's helicopters dropping water, air tankers dropping fire retardant," said Joel Kerley, president of 10 Tanker.
SANTA MARIA, Calif. - With peak fire season now here, the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base is ramping its operations in order to be fully prepared and ready to respond when the need arrives. "May 15th ...
Grass Valley Air Tanker 88 is back at the Grass Valley Interagency Air Attack Base this week following an extended winter maintenance, a service that is done following each year’s fire season back at ...
The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management relies on a multitude of resources when battling fires — some of those resources are currently based out of the Marana Regional Airport.