One of the “Super Scooper” planes aiding in the battle against the Los Angeles wildfires was damaged after colliding with a drone and is now grounded, officials said on Thursday. The collision ...

A water-dropping Super Scooper aircraft sent from Canada to battle ... that the Channel Islands Air National Guard Station at Port Hueneme will send two of its C-130 transports to the region ...

That means they can dispense vast quantities of water on a continuous loop until they run out of fuel. Here’s what to know.

A "super scooper" that was damaged by a drone last ... lifesaving communications equipment last Thursday. Thanks to prior fuel treatment by the Angeles National Forest and the work of firefighters ...

One reason last week’s collision between a firefighting plane and a drone caused such a stir was that Los Angeles doesn’t have many spare “Super Scoopers” to take the aircraft’s place.

"fill up tanks in 10 to 12 seconds — 1400 gallons of water — and continuously scoop and drop water on one tank of fuel." It takes a special kind of mindset to pilot a Super Scooper, he said ...

A California man is facing up to one year in federal prison for recklessly operating a drone that crashed into a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft as the crew was battling the devastating ...

The “Super Scooper” aircraft is ready to take off and assist with fires at any minute. Officials said this will be the group’s first possible firefighting mission of the season.

Bridger Aerospace has their Super Scooper aircraft on standby to help ... It takes about four hours for them to need to land for fuel, but beyond that it can continuously stay in the air and ...

A water-dropping Super Scooper aircraft sent from Canada to battle fires ravaging the L.A. area has been grounded after colliding with a civilian drone on Thursday, officials said. The collision ...