Analysts with RAND Corp. argue the US Navy needs drone aircraft carriers and envision a whole new strike group to surround ...

Ground effect is a term that is only familiar to engineers and to pilots. It refers to the phenomenon that fixed-wing ...

Aircraft that douse flames with water and bright red Phos-Chek fire retardant are a common sight in California. Aerial ...

Reduced visibility from thick smoke, coupled with turbulence created by the fire's heat, can create perilous flying ...

The participants will be some of the first to experience BWB aircraft designs in what could be the future of aviation.

A four-seat fixed-wing aircraft from Zhuhai, Guangdong province landed at Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport at 5:25 pm on Jan 5, ...

Helicopters play a critical role in CAL FIRE’s operations, and the future of the fleet is the Sikorsky S-70i Firehawk (or as ...

"The sightings to date include a combination of lawful commercial drones, hobbyist drones and law enforcement drones, as well as manned fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and stars mistakenly ...

In order to reach remote fires in the State Responsibility Area, CAL FIRE maintains a fleet of firefighting aircraft, many of which were converted from or originally designed as military aircraft.

Cal Fire’s fleet of fixed and rotary-wing aircraft make it the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet in the world. If air traffic controller is one of the most stressful jobs and firefighting ...