The cost of the planes was paid for by a one-time allocation from the Michigan Legislature to mitigate the effects of the ...

Two "water scooping" planes have joined the Michigan Department of Natural Resources firefighting fleet for the 2026 season.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has added two water-scooping aircraft to its wildfire response fleet this season ...

Two Fire Boss aircraft, each capable of scooping up to 800 gallons of water from a lake in just 15 seconds, have been added ...

The Canadair CL-415 was developed as a more capable successor to the earlier CL-215, built specifically to fight wildfires by ...

Amid growing concerns about the worsening wildfire threat, several French startups have embarked on an effort to develop homegrown European firefighting aircraft. Two companies plan to adapt ...

Aircraft are one of the most important tools for fighting wildfires, and across the various agencies and private companies that use firefighting aircraft, you'll find an entire arsenal of airborne ...

When wildfires break out across Colorado, firefighting planes and helicopters will utilize nearby water sources to help ...

DENVER — Western Colorado’s skies are unusually busy this week, as dozens of firefighting aircraft work to slow the spread of multiple large wildfires. Flight path data shows a dense network of ...

The training will have a heavy concentration over the southeast area of Lake California. The California Aerial Supervision ...