I'm a third-generation firefighter — and I'm helping to battle the LA fires from the air in a DC-10 fire bomber. Here's how we do it.

As an epilogue, Omega Air continues to refuel US aircraft with ex-Japan Airlines and Dutch KC-10 even after the Air Force retired them.

Col. Robert Kline recognizes two service members for returning a fuel transport vehicle to mission-capable status by ...

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

As fire crews and air tankers work to block the wildfires' explosive growth, images of red clouds of fire retardant falling onto trees are common. What is it — and what's in it?

A Motorsports Hall of Famer and multiple world-speed record holder is helping quell the devastating wildfires burning in the foothills of Los Angeles, California — one air tanker drop at a time.

Two planes important to aerial firefighting missions are air tankers, which carry and drop the fire retardant, and the lead plane, a smaller, more nimble aircraft that flies ahead. The lead plane ...

Gusty winds and then much-needed rain played a big role in the week firefighters worked to get 100% containment ...

You know, some of these winds are just too much that you just can’t fight fire from the air. So these fires are definitely unique,” said Joel Kerley, the president and CEO of 10 Tanker.

Six members from the 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., finally receive the Distinguished Flying Cross Medal for heroic actions in the Middle East last year.