Carrying massive loads of water or fire retardant, fast-moving specialized aircraft help contain the spread of wildfires.

"Smoke alarm saved my life," recalled Air Force veteran Eric Green, born and raised in Altadena. "I just put my shoes on. I ...

U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard ...

I'm a third-generation ground firefighter who ended up in the air fighting fire, so my career has come ... in San Bernardino at the old Norton Air Force Base. I'm on Ship 912.

The Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson ... The plane features a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System that can discharge 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in less than ...

More than 1,600 California National Guard soldiers are active in efforts to fight the multiple wildfires burning around Los ...

The F-35As join F-16C Fighting Falcons from the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., and F-22 Raptors from the 525th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron out of Joint-Base ...

Cal Fire has its own fleet of aircraft operating from 14 airfields and 11 helicopter bases across the state that can reach most fires within about 20 minutes.

Additionally, four military Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System units -- technology ... and right now we can't even get assets up in the air because the fires are so bad and the winds are ...

Summary and the Main Point: In the 1980s, the U.S. Air Force explored modifying the F ... the aircraft's vulnerability to anti-aircraft fire. The Failure: A later attempt to equip F-16s with ...