Firefighting planes are front-line combatants when a wildfire breaks out. They come in a wide variety of sizes, and their ...

Two "water scooping" planes have joined the Michigan Department of Natural Resources firefighting fleet for the 2026 season, the agency says. The Fire Boss aircraft are on lease from late April ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has leased two specialized firefighting aircraft to address an elevated wildfire risk caused by debris from the March 2025 ice storm. The Fire Boss planes, ...

In the summer of 2021, five "Fire Boss" airplanes skimmed the surface of a lake. They belonged to aerial firefighting company Dauntless Air, and they were helping fight a wildfire in Washington state.