Carrying massive loads of water or fire retardant, fast-moving specialized aircraft help contain the spread of wildfires.

Tanker aircraft play a vital role in these operations, enabling fighter jets, bombers and surveillance aircraft to operate without fuel limitations. Resultantly, the tanker aircraft market has ...

A second four-engined turboprop Electra tanker aircraft arrived in Bolivia Monday ... company Air Spray may carry up to 11,300 liters of water. “We are attacking fires by land and air, sparing ...

The people flying planes and tankers involved in dousing ... By Yan Zhuang Firefighting aircraft have been unleashing tens of thousands of gallons of water and bright-pink fire retardant on ...

The Hawk only has a fixed tank, but can drop up to 3,785 litres ... firefighting organisations to be able to access water-bombing aircraft typically stationed in California. Days before one ...