Fire Swarm 2: how manned and unmanned aircraft work together, proving the potential of drone firefighting technology in wildfire response.

High winds in California have fueled the wildfires in more ways than one. Not only have the gusts led to the rapid spread of multiple fires that have killed at least 24 people, displaced thousands of ...

Fire officials working the Green Fire burning in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest northeast of Redding announced they are using two "Super Scooper" planes to drop water and help extinguish flames.

Check out this footage of two fire-fighting planes dropping down to a lake to pick up some water, of which would have been used against the raging fires in Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado. The ...

CULVER, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Large retardant planes get much of the focus of wildfire-fighting attention, but the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office pointed out Monday just how key the water-scooping planes ...

Monte Fire | Planes and helicopters assist in fighting Lakeside brush fire in east San Diego Fire crews used fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters to battle the Lakeside brush fire from the air on ...