Bridger Aerospace is a leading U.S. aerial firefighting company, positioned to benefit from climate-driven wildfire growth.

The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...

The Helena base can support helicopters with buckets, super scoopers, and aircraft up to the DC-10 V-Lats, with operations typically running from July to September.

The Super Hueys can carry 320 gallons of water in dangling buckets, and the Black Hawks can carry water or retardant. There are also tactical planes used for coordinating the entire operation.

As part of international assistance, Croatia was the first to announce its support and is sending CL-415 aircraft, also known as “Super Scoopers.” ...

The Sardy Field Fire Department, the airport’s firefighting agency, will supply staff trained to marshal and refill air tankers. In the event of a large fire, “super scoopers,” which can gather water ...

Reporter Joshua Murdock asks K Mita, Bridger Aerospace director of marketing and communications, how Super Scoopers fit in to aerial firefighting.

Air tankers, which range from crop-duster-size single-propeller planes to massive wide-body jetliners, drop fire retardant around the edges of wildfires to slow their advance. Scooper-style water ...

Reporter Joshua Murdock asks K Mita, Bridger Aerospace director of marketing and communications, how Super Scoopers fit in to aerial firefighting.

In Burns Flat, "super scooper" planes are stationed and deploy when they are needed to help fight wildfires. But because of high wind gusts on Tuesday, pilots weren't cleared to fly the planes. "It's ...

Tanker planes were dropping fire retardant on wildfires in Logan County. KOCO 5 Field Meteorologist Michael Armstrong was on the scene as planes dropped the retardant near Luther on Indian-Meridian ...

But in the event of a large, local wildfire, Treat predicted that the single-engine airtankers would respond first to the fire before “super scoopers” were brought in to supplement the fight by ...