U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130J Super Hercu… ...

A dramatic video takes viewers inside the cockpit of a California Air National Guard plane being used to fight the growing Hughes Fire in Los Angeles County. The footage shows the low-flying C ...

As amazing as this video is, it must have looked even more amazing from inside the cockpit of the 10 Tanker DC-10. The fire the 10 Tanker crew is fighting in the new video is one of several fires ...

Check out this exclusive video from inside an air tanker as pilots began their air assault Tuesday on the Lower North Fork Fire.

The "very large" air tankers include several DC-10s, one of which was seen heading off to help fight the Cranston Fire burning in Riverside after getting a fresh refill of retardant.

Australian pilot Tony Franc took us into the cockpit of the Boeing 737 air tanker. The air tanker can release massive amounts of fire retardant on wildfires below.

Tanker 122, Cal Fire’s first operational C-130H, was on full display Thursday at Cal Fire’s aviation headquarters at McClellan Airport. The aircraft is one of seven C-130 Hercules that the ...

In the span of 12 to 15 seconds, the Fire Boss is able to scoop 820 gallons of water into its fiberglass hopper from dual 3-inch bottom-loading valves in the Wipaire floats. To put that number in ...

As jets take over as fire-bombing aircraft, the piston-powered Douglas DC-7 plane, aka "Tanker 60," is going into retirement. This Eastern Air Lines plane was built in 1958 and spent its early ...

A DC-9-87 twin-jet air tanker sits on the tarmac with its left engine removed Monday at the U.S. Forest Service’s Air Attack Base at Fresno Yosemite International Airport. The Federal Aviation ...

As dark smoke billows up from the brush fire, the 10 Tanker DC-10 flies through the conflagration to make its drop accurately. As amazing as this video is, it must have looked even more amazing ...