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.

Super Scoopers can carry far heavier loads than helicopters equipped with buckets, and — unlike air tankers, which have also been deployed in the L.A. fires — they can replenish their water ...

Reduced visibility from thick smoke, coupled with turbulence created by the fire's heat, can create perilous flying ...

A fleet of firefighting aircraft sits at the Santa Maria Public Airport where the state's extreme fire weather has led to an ...

Aerial support during the California wildfires has been grounded at times by high winds. Here's what the aircrafts do and why ...

Aerial firefighting companies supplement federal and state firefighting fleets, and their services are in high demand.

“Helicopters, scoopers, air tankers, all kinds of stuff are responding to these fires. And everybody has their niche of what they do,” Kerley continued. “It doesn’t matter where they’re ...

Fire crews are days into a challenging battle against a firestorm in Los Angeles, and one of the critical tools in the fight has been the effort from above. Enter the CL-415 Super Scooper — one ...