SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Due to recent wildfire activity across Southern California the past two weeks, the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base has been reopened and is now providing vital aerial service in the ...

Peeking out from under the wing of another firefighting aircraft, four scoopers sit at the U.S. Forest Service’s Santa Maria Air Tanker Base ready to respond if needed Friday. Credit: Janene Scully / ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - With peak fire season now here, the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base is ramping its operations in order to be fully prepared and ready to respond when the need arrives. "May 15th was ...

FIRES. WE START THERE. AN AIR CARRIER COMPANY THAT HELPS WITH WILDFIRE EFFORTS AROUND THE WORLD, SAYS IT IS SEEING AN INCREASE IN INTENSE FIRES THIS YEAR. THE PRESIDENT OF TEN TANKERS SPOKE WITH OUR ...

An air tanker took several passes over a smoldering hillside in Los Angeles County on Friday afternoon and dropped red fire retardant on a blaze with “surgical precision,” CNN’s Boris Sanchez ...

RAMONA, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Cal Fire San Diego will soon begin a construction project at its Ramona Air Attack Base to prepare it for the arrival of a new air tanker. Crews will demolish and ...

An unauthorized drone collided with an air tanker battling the Palisades Fire on January 9, 2025, tearing a hole in the tanker's wing and rendering it inoperable to fight the fires. The collision ...

A Motorsports Hall of Famer and multiple world-speed record holder is helping quell the devastating wildfires burning in the foothills of Los Angeles, California — one air tanker drop at a time.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Thousands of firefighters and volunteers have been working over the last week to tackle the Los Angeles wildfires. Helping in that fight is Albuquerque-based 10 Tanker. Its fleet ...

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.

Firefighters have been battling some of the most destructive fires in Los Angeles history in recent days. The massive wildfires menacing the city from the east and west have turned entire ...