A drone that authorities say was flying in restricted airspace on Jan. 9 put a fist-sized hole in the wing of a Super Scooper ...

A California man has agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into a "Super Scooper" firefighting aircraft during the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, prosecutors ...

McNally confirmed that the crew was able to land the Super Scooper safely, but said that the aircraft was out of commission for approximately five days as the Palisades Fire raged on. During the ...

In 2022, Leonardo unveiled for the first time a new firefighting configuration for its C-27J Spartan Next Generation cargo aircraft. This configuration, based on the second generation, ...

one of the largest number of aircraft at a fire event ever. Kelly McEvers reports on how it worked. KELLY MCEVERS, BYLINE: It was Friday night, January 10, Day 4 of the fires. The wind changed ...

Researchers and startup founders are rushing to develop and deploy drones, sensors and satellite imagery analysis that they ...

When the wildfires broke out on Jan. 7 across Los Angeles County, the unprecedented force of the Santa Ana winds delayed the aerial firefighting response. Although winds reached 100 mph at their peak, ...

A Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to crashing a drone into a Super Scooper aircraft making water drops over the deadly Palisades Fire, grounding the powerful firefighting aircraft early ...

(KESQ) - A Culver City man pleaded guilty today to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire last month.

Equipped with airborne fire-fighting systems ... Guard video shared Wednesday shows a pilot’s point-of-view as the aircraft flies over and drops retardant on the Hughes Fire in Castaic, near ...