All different kinds of aircraft that have been used to fight fires, from tiny Air Boss tankers to the oversized Erickson S-64 Aircrane helicopter. But the biggest and baddest of them all was the ...

In the summer of 2000, Cliff Hale, a Boeing 747 pilot, was on vacation visiting his family in Albuquerque, N.M., when a drama suddenly appeared on local television. There was a big forest fire raging ...

As crews struggle against wildfires raging across the West, a new company says it is working on something that might help — the biggest, fastest firefighting plane ever developed. Subscribe to read ...

A modified Boeing 747 owned by McMinnville-based Evergreen Aviation made its first fire retardant drop Monday in the contiguous United States over wildfires raging in California. The massive aircraft ...

Evergreen Aviation's 747 Supertanker has the same capabilities as any long-range Boeing 747, except that thanks to 20,500 gallons of tank space, it's the world's biggest fire extinguisher. The plane ...

Evergreen hopes the US Forest Service will award contract in August Evergreen International Aviation hopes to clinch US Federal Aviation Administration Part 25 certification for its modified Boeing ...

July 1, 2008 As global temperatures slowly increase, a number of nations, including the USA, are finding themselves battling widespread droughts and huge, devastating wildfires that threaten ...

The Boeing 747 might be the most versatile aircraft ever flown, and we're not just talking about the many variations of the wide-body jet that have carried passengers around the world during 46 years ...

Evergreen International Airlines has announced an order for three Boeing 747-400BCFs and acquired full operational control of the Boeing Dreamlifter fleet.The airline plans to upgrade its commercial ...

The American 'Evergreen 747 Super Tanker' fire-fighting plane began its mission over the Carmel fire Sunday morning in the area of Ein Hod. The IDF Spokesman said the aircraft was carrying 21,000 ...

Boeing and Evergreen International Airlines, a subsidiary of Evergreen International Aviation, have jointly announced the airline will introduce the 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighter to its fleet ...