A CL-415 water bomber performs at the Aero Gatineau Ottawa air show in 2023. John Gradek, an aviation management lecturer at McGill University, calls the aircraft the 'backbone' of Canada’s ...
The Canadair water bomber revolutionized the fight against wildfires after it debuted in the skies decades ago. Then demand waned and production stopped, but with major blazes intensifying globally, ...
The Southern California wildfires have produced true heroes in the wake of unprecedented devastation. Emergency response teams from five surrounding states, Canada, and Mexico, have gathered to ...
Canadair CL-415 planes, the workhorse of international aerial efforts to fight blazes, are making a comeback, like the one seen here over a 2025 wildfire in Albania ...