Captain RK Smithley explains how an orchestrated effort between air traffic controllers, mechanics, and loaders helps fight ...

The Los Angeles fires first started on January 7, 2025, as a result of strong winds. According to NBC, the first area to be ...

Due to several recent wildfire activity across Southern California the past two weeks, the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base has ...

Lockheed Martin's C-130s have been sold to 65 countries. Other than the base C-130 transport, the KC-130 tanker is the 2nd ...

U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130J Super Hercules ...

Boeing announced fourth quarter details showing it lost last year about $11.8 billion, the second heaviest loss in Boeing ...

There are different contract tankers that fight fires ... but we in the DC-10 have to have lead aircraft that we follow to guide us on the drops. But at the end of the day, the real heroes are the ...

The British defense secretary told Parliament that the Yantar, which he described as a Russian spy ship, had come near ...

a pilot flying McDonnell Douglas DC-10 widebody airliners converted into tanker planes for a New Mexico-based company called 10Tanker. The DC-10 is one of dozens of aircraft assisting in fighting ...

The milestone “signal(s) progress toward reducing emissions while maintaining mission readiness,” according to Lockheed ...