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

In October 2016, the CL-415 program was acquired by the Victoria, B.C.-based Viking Air. Their aim was to modernize the ...

Despite some far-right American commentators trying to put the blame on the “DEI” hiring policies of the L.A. Fire Department ...

Today on CNN 10, we get an update on the fires in Southern California, where progress is being made despite continuing fire weather risks. We also take a look at a rocket launch success that's ...

A Super Scooper makes a water drop on the Hughes fire near Lake Hughes Road on Wednesday. (Photo by Mike Meadows/Contributing Photographer) Firefighters continued to gain control of fires burning ...

It's burned over 14,000 acres and is at 91% containment. Super scooper damaged by drone ready to be back in the air The super scooper firefighting plane that was damaged by a drone last week has ...

On January 9th, an unapproved commercial drone flying above the Palisades fires struck the wing of a Canadair CL-415 Super Scoopers operating in Los Angeles. No one was injured, but the aircraft ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- During the past two weeks, there have been 60 aircraft battling the various fires across Southern California, and they've dropped more than 3.1 ...