LONDON — BAE Systems is proposing air-to-air refueling as a new mission for its BAe 146/Avro RJ family of regional airliners. The company believes there is a potential market for a small, relatively ...

Aircraft are one of the most important tools for fighting wildfires, and across the various agencies and private companies that use firefighting aircraft, you'll find an entire arsenal of airborne ...

A "significant" Cal Fire construction project at the Ramona Air Attack Base, being designed to accommodate a new air tanker, will begin next week. According to a news release issued Sunday, the agency ...

3000 gallon tanker - the only fire tanker owned by the City of Palmer. Stationed on Lazy Mountain (St.3-3) due to water capacity and response time needed for the area. The mission of Firehouse is to ...

Cal Fire’s Air Attack Base in Ramona is getting a much-needed $12 million upgrade to handle larger air tankers. KPBS North County reporter Alexander Nguyen reports the improvements will also allow ...

Aerial services specialist Coulson Aviation is embarking on development of a firefighting aircraft based on the Boeing 767. The company’s US division states that the retirement of older widebody ...

The newly renovated Santa Maria Air Tanker Base includes a second-floor operations room and upgraded ground facilities to support faster aircraft turnaround and expanded aerial firefighting efforts.

US-based aerial firefighting specialist 10 Tanker believes it will not be badly affected in the near-term by the emergency grounding order for McDonnell Douglas DC-10s. The company operates a fleet of ...

That all too familiar sound of Grass Valley’s twin prop air tankers and air attack planes has been heard in the skies recently as they respond to incidents, marking the end of winter maintenance and ...