Interviews with pilots paint a graphic picture of the struggle to maintain control of their ships amid one of the most ...

Williamson said the helicopters he coordinates ... Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), said the blazes ravaging Los Angeles –which have killed 24 people and led to the ...

It was published online in Oct. 2019, opens new tab by the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Air Operations Section and described as showing a Firehawk helicopter dropping water on a fire in ...

Host Jimmy Kimmel began his interview with the funnyman by chatting about the wildfires roaring through Los Angeles. Burr, he recalled, had told him he’d gotten his pilot’s license so “in case all ...

A California National Guard pilot describes how flyers perform a firefighting mission in the battle against Los Angeles’ raging fires.

A former Army pilot. An aging helicopter. Furious winds. The race to put out the Eaton fire tested Los Angeles County’s night-flying firefighters like never before. Video of the devastation of ...

An uncommon windstorm grounding a fleet of helicopters as they tried to extinguish ... chief pilot with the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Air Operations Division. “But the (Federal Aviation ...

The wildfires raging across Los Angeles County have claimed at least 24 lives and forced tens of thousands to evacuate.

Reduced visibility from thick smoke, coupled with turbulence created by the fire's heat, can create perilous flying conditions.

Among the aircraft supplied by the association are helicopters ... planes "equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems" to the Los Angeles area, where they are operating missions.

Many of the choppers hurtling back and forth over LA belong to Cal Fire, the government agency tasked with protecting California from these disasters. For the pilots and helicopter teams ...