With the massive Pacific Airshow in Huntington Beach this weekend, here’s a look at one of the most amazing jobs involving aviation there is in the West. If fighting wildfires across the West weren’t ...

As wildfire season approaches, Cal Fire crews are taking to the skies over Tehama County for an annual training aimed at stopping fires before they grow.The aer ...

REDDING -- Each spring, everyone who's anyone in the world of aerial firefighting converges on an open field just outside Redding, California, for one of the biggest drills of the year. The event, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The future of the West Yellowstone Smokejumper and Tanker Bases was the topic of discussion ...

FORT ST. JOHN, British Columbia (AP) — When James Bergen steps from a plane and plummets toward fire below, he’s not scared. Instead, he says, he gets a rush from not knowing exactly what he’ll face ...

Sam Forstag made a career of parachuting into forest fires. As Democrats fight to win races in solidly red districts, could a ...

The U.S. Forest Service on Aug. 5 took time to remember the 12 smokejumpers and local fire guard who lost their lives in the Mann Gulch Fire of 1949. The Mann Gulch Fire was officially reported around ...