How California fights fires from the skies
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.
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I'm a pilot fighting the CA wildfires from a tanker plane. Here's how we pull off maneuvers commercial aircraft wouldn't dare.
Smithley dropped red fire retardant over the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles. Mountainous terrain, winds, busy air traffic ... doing — we're the largest tool in the Forest Service's arsenal ...
I'm a pilot flying a DC-10 fire bomber to battle the LA fires. This is what I've seen — and this is what needs to stop.
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 ...
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Albuquerque-based air tanker helps fight Los Angeles wildfires
Helping in that fight is Albuquerque-based 10 Tanker. Its fleet consists of four DC-10 tanker planes that can each hold and drop a massive 9,500 gallons of fire ... run the largest air tankers ...
What are ‘Super Scoopers,’ the planes used to fight the L.A. wildfires?
The CL-415 aircraft being used in California can drop large amounts of water on fires and fills its tank by skimming along a ...
6 Waterbombers Used To Fight The LA Fires
Specialized aircraft deliver strategic water drops and retardant lines to contain flames in California’s challenging ...
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Firefighting pilots face high-pressure job: ‘It gets a bit scary’
known as Cal Fire, says it has the largest fleet of aerial firefighting equipment of any civilian agency in the world. Two planes important to aerial firefighting missions are air tankers ...
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High winds do more than spread fires — they keep firefighting aircraft on the ground
Aerial support during the California wildfires has been grounded at times by high winds. Here's what the aircrafts do and why they can't fly in certain conditions. NBC Universal, Inc. High winds ...
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See it: Photos capture aircraft helping combat the California wildfires
On its pages dedicated to the Palisades, Eaton and Hurst Wildfires, Cal Fire noted that "numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout ... Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems" to the Los ...