The newly renovated Santa Maria Air Tanker Base includes a second-floor operations room and upgraded ground facilities to support faster aircraft turnaround and expanded aerial firefighting efforts.

KILLEEN, Texas — When wildfires threaten Texas communities, help arrives from the sky at 400 miles per hour. The Texas A&M Forest Service has stationed specialized air tankers at Killeen Regional ...

The North Carolina Air National Guard identified Tuesday the four airmen who died Sunday when their firefighting C-130 tanker crashed while fighting a wildfire in South Dakota's Black Hills region.

A haze of smoke from Border Fire 18 covers the landscape on Saturday. (Photo courtesy of CalFire San Diego via Alert California) A brush fire burned dozens of acres Saturday south of Dulzura in the ...

Aircraft are one of the most important tools for fighting wildfires, and across the various agencies and private companies that use firefighting aircraft, you'll find an entire arsenal of airborne ...

Construction has been underway at the Ramona Air Attack Base since August. The project will reconstruct the aging tarmac and support the incoming C-130H aircraft. Cal Fire San Diego Capt. Robert ...

A C-130 from the Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing drops water over Camp Guernsey during training exercises in 2014. Wyoming's congressional delegation has asked the U.S. Forest Service ...