Firefighters in California are battling the fires from the sky using a variety of specialized aircraft that dump water and ...

Loft Dynamics commissioned a field study for EASA to demonstrate the effectiveness of the sling load simulator. Upon ...

These helicopters can each carry water in buckets hanging below the aircraft to douse the flames. John Mixson, a retired U.S. Coast Guard helicopter search and rescue aircraft commander, told Fox News ...

As a result, two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters of the North Dakota National Guard were dispatched to the flood zone. Each carried a “Bambi Bucket”—a collapsible bucket slung underneath a ...

It is common practice in California to paint military helicopters with fluorescent "shocking pink" paint to make them more visible amid the smoke from wildfires.

The helicopters, known as the MH-60S Seahawk, are operated by several squadrons at the San Diego base and are being prepared ...