SACRAMENTO — They are crucial when it comes to fighting wildland fires. You often see planes and helicopters ... Bester would know as he's a firefighting pilot himself. "You're using a skill ...

Missoula's Neptune Aviation is the last major provider of wildland firefighting ... needed for this year's fire season." Aero Union owned eight Orion P-3 tanker planes, six of which were in ...

Smokejumpers are an elite group of wildland firefighters trained to parachute out of planes and into remote areas to fight blazes. The hope is that if they can quickly stop the fire at its source ...