FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The airtanker was based out of the Hollister Air Attack Base and had been fighting the Dog rock Fire near El Portal when officials lost contact with it late Tuesday afternoon.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- An air tanker fighting a wildfire near Yosemite National Park in Northern California crashed Tuesday, but there was no immediate word on the condition of the pilot, who was ...

(CNN) The pilot of an air tanker battling a wildfire at Yosemite National Park died after the tanker crashed, Cal Fire said.The tanker was being used to help battle Dog Rock Fire when authorities lost ...

Business Insider went aboard a Royal Air Force Voyager tanker to watch it refuel NATO fighter jets operating over Eastern ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Pilot Jim Maxwell ...

Crystal Bermudez is your community news reporter covering northern Santa Barbara County, including the Santa Maria, Lompoc and Santa Ynez valleys. Fire officials on Tuesday held a ribbon cutting ...

KILLEEN, Texas — When wildfires threaten Texas communities, help arrives from the sky at 400 miles per hour. The Texas A&M Forest Service has stationed specialized air tankers at Killeen Regional ...

A $12 million construction project at the Ramona Airport will provide much-needed improvements to Cal Fire’s air-attack base there and allow it to more quickly load fire retardant onto larger air ...

“Bingo fuel” is the hard limit of fuel that pilots need in order to safely return to base—a limit that can significantly restrict their mission envelope.