Once they clear practical training and get up in a real Fire Hawk, Cal Fire pilots typically must fly the helicopter during the daytime for about a year before being eligible to receive nighttime ...

A CAL FIRE Fire Hawk helicopter photographed at Cal Fire's base in McClellan, CA, in June. Pilots for CAL Fire's helicopters and a contracted helicopter began night training over the weekend as ...

The drone interrupted the firefighters' efforts to fight the Line Fire in San Bernardino County in southern California.

Dan Anderson, an instructor pilot for Cal Fire, spent decades in the Army and flew medevac helicopters in Iraq and Afghanistan. On a combat tour, he could rack up 500 flight hours in a year ...

Every time one is spotted, it stops work for the helicopter at least an hour until they can make sure the air is clear, CAL ...

Three people have died following a helicopter crash during a ... state's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), as well as a contracted pilot. They have not been named.

Two firefighters and a pilot were killed when the helicopter they were using to battle a southern California brush fire collided mid-air with another chopper that was also involved in efforts to ...

The Redding pilot joined many of the two dozen Cal ... the world’s largest civil aerial firefighting force. It includes Cal Fire HAWK helicopters. Although the state’s most destructive ...

Kwong, Orange County's health officer, on Friday reissued an emergency declarationn for the Airport fire that began Sept. 9 ...

Helicopters have aided firefighters working to contain the Line Fire for over a week and a half. We previously highlighted ...

To honor those who flew more than 496,000 Army medevac missions from May 1962 through March 1973, the House last week passed ...