California's aerial firefighting fleet, managed by CAL FIRE, is one of the largest in the world, with over 60 fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft positioned statewide for rapid wildfire response.

Aerial firefighting companies supplement federal and state firefighting fleets, and their services are in high demand.

Daher, the parent company of both TBM and Kodiak, revealed it had completed the delivery of two TBM 960s to Conair Group Inc.

It’s a dangerous job. Since 2020, there have been 14 fatal aerial firefighting aircraft crashes resulting in the deaths of 25 aerial firefighting crew members in the U.S. In contrast ...

It turns out that as well as dumping hundreds of gallons of water at a time out the belly of firefighting aircraft, aerial firefighters in America can also use a range of chemicals and man-made ...

Aerial firefighting companies have rushed aircraft to Southern California to battle a wind-whipped inferno that has burned neighbourhoods to the ground and that by some estimates could be the USA ...

CAL FIRE/USFS Aerial Firefighting Drop Safety Video The clip features a firefighting Grumman S-2 aircraft, which can drop around 800 gallons of firefighting goop with each pass, and a first ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ... also grounded some planes early on from their aerial missions. The last DC-10 aircraft rolled off the McDonnell Douglas production ...