A significant Cal Fire construction project at the Ramona Air Attack Base to accommodate a new air tanker will begin next week. According to a news release issued Sunday, the agency stated the project ...

Cal Fire’s Air Attack Base in Ramona is getting a much-needed $12 million upgrade to handle larger air tankers. KPBS North County reporter Alexander Nguyen reports the improvements will also allow ...

Construction has been underway at the Ramona Air Attack Base since August. The project will reconstruct the aging tarmac and support the incoming C-130H aircraft. Cal Fire San Diego Capt. Robert ...

CEDAR CITY, UTAH (KUTV) — At times in 2025, the Cedar City Air Base has been the busiest in the country with aircraft refueling and reloading to help with wildfire suppression around the region. "The ...

RAMONA, Calif. — A "significant" Cal Fire construction project at the Ramona Air Attack Base, being designed to accommodate a new air tanker, will begin next week. According to a news release issued ...

Hailed at its inception as a joint public-private partnership between the county fire agencies of Los Angeles, Ventura 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.

Aircraft are one of the most important tools for fighting wildfires, and across the various agencies and private companies that use firefighting aircraft, you'll find an entire arsenal of airborne ...

Supporting aerial firefighting missions, the Boeing 767 is set to become the next chapter in Coulson Aviation USA's Very Large Airtanker program (also known as VLAT). The program will mark a ...

Aerial services specialist Coulson Aviation is embarking on development of a firefighting aircraft based on the Boeing 767. The company’s US division states that the retirement of older widebody ...

Hawkins & Powers got one of its P2V-7s into the air, briefly, in 2004. But that May, the government terminated the contract it had for all 33 air tankers after concerns were raised with the planes' ...