For 30 years, the aircraft have been part of California's fire defenses. In a warming world, these types of cross-border deals will become more important.
The first all-metal low-wing monoplane pursuit aircraft of the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was a pioneering but also transitional aircraft, and, ...
The containment percentage of a wildfire is measured both on the ground, using tools such as topographic maps and GPS, as well as overhead, using planes with infrared cameras, according to experts at ...
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.