There were no reports of structural damage or injuries, and Cal Fire announced the Robert Fire's full containment by 2:40 p.m. Monday. The blaze began at about 1:03 p.m. off Roberts Road and ...

The drone interrupted the firefighters' efforts to fight the Line Fire in San Bernardino County in southern California.

The U.S. Air Force released footage of the B-21 Raider stealth bomber undergoing flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base, ...

Just 3 weeks after being added to the Cal Fire fleet, a converted military air tanker has taken to the skies on more than a ...

"One of the biggest challenges has been that the fire moved very very quickly in hot and where the wind was pushing it along with the topography or the slope of the land," said Cal FIRE Public ...

He was also going low and slow, simultaneously reducing the plane's maneuverability while ... Dan Anderson, an instructor pilot for Cal Fire, spent decades in the Army and flew medevac helicopters ...

A Cal Fire plane drops retardant on a vegetation fire burning on a hill along southbound Highway 101 near Hawk Hill Lane at the base of the Cuesta Grade in San Luis Obispo on Sept. 3, 2024.

Tanker 122 has joined the the fleet of the state’s firefighting agency, CAL FIRE. “This marks an historic milestone in the agency’s ongoing commitment to CA!” Cal Fire chief Joe Tylor said ...

UPDATE (Wed., Sept. 4) - CAL FIRE SLO reports that the fire is 100% contained. UPDATE (5:04 p.m.) - The right lane of the highway has reopened. UPDATE (1:40 p.m.) - The fire is now 75% contained ...

As fire season lengthens and intensifies across the West, the pilots who do the grueling, sometimes deadly work of aerial ...

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Seven C-130 Hercules aircraft were recently transferred from the federal government to Cal Fire to fly “critical firefighting missions”. “We need all the assistance we can get fighting wildfires in ...