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The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) awarded McLean-based DynCorp International a potential five-year, $352 million contract...

The Jeffco Airtanker Base, which operates out of the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, has recorded a record-breaking amount of fire retardant...

A deep blue sky stretches overhead as a plane christened "Tanker 60" gleams in the southern Oregon sun at the...

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Tuesday that Hillsboro-based Erickson Aero Tanker has earned a...

Almost 750 wildfires have been ignited in Nevada so far this year – and fire season isn’t over yet “In...

A family-run company providing air-tanker support to control menacing wildfires in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Yukon is a little...

The U.S Forest Service released their final report today on the Aerial Firefighting Use and Effectiveness (AFUE) study. The Aerial...

Conair in Abbotsford has donated $22,000 to the Crystal Gala Foundation and is challenging local businesses and individuals to support...

MISSOULA — They were the first to deploy jet aircraft as large tankers to fight wildfires. But that decision a...

The air tankers assigned to the El Dorado Fire are instrumental in aerial firefighting and slowing the spread of the...