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

One careless drone flight is all it takes to pull life-saving aircraft out of a California wildfire fight. State fire ...

Cal Fire operates the largest aerial firefighting fleet in the world, with aircraft stationed across California to respond to ...

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

In the summer of 2021, five “Fire Boss” airplanes skimmed the surface of a lake. They belonged to aerial firefighting company ...

BELGRADE, Mont., Nov. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. (“Bridger” or “Bridger Aerospace”), (NASDAQ: BAER, BAERW), one of the nation’s largest aerial firefighting ...

California is heading into the 2026 fire season with one of the biggest state-run aerial firefighting fleets on the planet, ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — It’s not wildfire season yet, but crews from out of state are getting ready to come to Oklahoma. Planes with Bridger Aerospace were here last March, helping crews put out ...

ROME—More aircraft are urgently needed in Europe for aerial firefighting after wildfires caused more devastation in 2025 than in any previous year. According to a report by European emergency services ...

ROME—U.S. firefighting specialist Coulson Aviation is working to certify a new aerial firefighting retardant that could reduce the risks associated with low-level drops and lessen corrosion damage to ...