Two water-bombing airplanes credited with saving homes, cabins, lodges and maybe even a city over the past 14 Minnesota forest fire seasons will be auctioned off by the Department of Natural Resources ...

Burn restrictions are in place in northeast Washington after the Washington Department of Natural Resources increased the fire danger rating to high in Stevens County fire districts 1 and 2 and all of ...

Viking Air expects to decide in the first quarter of 2019 whether to move forward with development and production of its proposed CL-515, an upgraded version of the CL-215 and CL-415 water bombers.

PRINCETON, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ fleet of wildfire-combating airplanes has doubled this year, and not a moment too soon. Dozens of wildfires have local and regional ...

DULUTH, Minn. — Two water-bombing airplanes credited with saving homes, cabins, lodges and maybe even a city over the past 14 Minnesota forest fire seasons will be auctioned off by the Department of ...

Viking Air’s first CL-415EAF enhanced aerial firefighter has completed its debut flight following modification from the earlier CL-215 water-bomber standard. Modified by Viking Air subsidiaries ...

European emergency service aircraft operator Avincis has teamed with De Havilland Aircraft of Canada on support initiatives related to the CL-215 and CL-415 family of twin-engine water bombers.

A piston engine-powered Canadair CL-215 water bomber is shown in flight over Marseilles, France. It is one of four being used in France to fight fires and six more CL-215s have been ordered Stone ...