Aerial refueling has always been one of the trickiest jobs in the sky, demanding the pilot or boom operator look directly out a window at a distance of mere feet to make a connection. The new KC-46 ...

SALT LAKE CITY - An air tanker dropping retardant on a southern Utah wildfire this month veered off its flight path while following a lead plane moments before crashing into mountainous terrain, ...

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance ...

(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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

MISSOULA - A Missoula-area pilot died in an air tanker crash near Reno, Nev. The pilot was identified as Dave Jamsa by an official with Minuteman Aerial Applications, which owned the single-engine Air ...

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 ...