SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Due to recent wildfire activity across Southern California the past two weeks, the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base has been reopened and is now providing vital aerial service in the ...

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 ...

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.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. RAMONA, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Cal Fire San ...

Tucked behind Durango-La Plata County Airport lies the Durango Airtanker base – a hot swath of asphalt that for the past several weeks was home to three very special airplanes. The three repurposed ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - High wind speeds and extreme weather conditions prevented aerial firefighting crews from assisting ground crews during the peak of Tuesday’s wildfires in southwest Kansas.

RAMONA, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Cal Fire San Diego will soon begin a construction project at its Ramona Air Attack Base to prepare it for the arrival of a new air tanker. Crews will demolish and ...