VAN NUYS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- With two newly arrived Super Scoopers serving as a backdrop, Los Angeles County Fire Department officials on Friday touted their preparedness for the 2025 wildfire ...

Two Super Scooper aircraft and teams from Quebec have arrived in Los Angeles County to help with their annual firefighting efforts, fire officials say. At a news conference Friday morning, LA County ...

On Wednesday afternoon first officer Henry Williams and his captain had a birds-eye view of the Crosho Fire as they dove through the rising clouds of smoke in a Canadair CL-415 aircraft with hopes of ...

VAN NUYS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles County has been leasing a pair of planes called Super Scoopers from Canada for the past 25 years. The planes scoop up 1,600 gallons of water in seconds, and ...

They look like airplanes a child might build with Legos or scribble with red and yellow crayons. They are boxy and potbellied, maybe because they are basically flying boats with really long wings.

They are more than 65 feet long, with a wingspan of roughly 93 feet; inside, only a pilot and co-pilot sit. The power and purpose of these planes come from their tanks, which hold 1,600 gallons of ...