A notional KC-Z4 leverages a BWB design to offload fuel more efficiently than tube-and-wing aircraft configurations. Credit: JetZero The U.S. Air Force plan for a new air refueler remains in a holding ...

State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant outlines how Cal Fire is preparing for the peak of California’s increasingly long and ...

The scale of the exercise, diversity of aircraft involved and mission sets practiced were unusual for the first ever exercise ...

These large-capacity, highly specialized aircraft deliver significant volumes of fire retardant in a single mission, ...

Firefighting planes are front-line combatants when a wildfire breaks out. They come in a wide variety of sizes, and their ...

Embraer Defense & Security is exhibiting for the first time at the event to promote the multi-mission capabilities of the ...

The USMC identified L3Harris’ modular Red Wolf family of ‘launched effects’ as the munition at the center of the Long Range Attack Missile program. The ...

A wildland firefighting pilot who died fighting the Horse Gulch Fire last July will be honored at the National Fallen ...

In January 2024, officials announced Selfridge Air National Guard Base will be home to a new squadron of 12 KC-46A refueling tanker aircraft. The new tankers ... have a 29,500-pound payload and it can ...

The nation’s airports have also played an integral role in aerial firefighting, according to the report. More than 200 ...

Several countries are sending firefighting aircraft to Israel as crews battle for a second day to extinguish a wildfire that had shut down a major highway linking Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and sent drive ...

With the official start of summer fire season just days away, Cal Fire personnel on Wednesday trained with aircraft at the ...