Smokejumpers from West Yellowstone, Missoula and Boise, Idaho convened at the West Yellowstone Smokejumper Base just north of town in May to try their hand at the ram-air parachute. The early season ...

MISSOULA, MONTANA (U.S. ) — Members of the U.S. Forest Service are training in Montana for one of the most critical roles in wildfire response. At the Missoula Smokejumper Base, experienced crews are ...

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) Fighting wildland fires is grimy, exhausting, dangerous and impressive. When smokejumpers do the work, parachuting in to wage the initial attack on fires in remote, rugged places, ...

MOUNTAIN HOME — Colored canopies appear in the sky two by two, falling quickly from the open door of the circling plane. It's hard to tell from the ground — where the fall looks graceful and ...

When dispatch calls in a new wildfire, Cole Siemion and the other Great Basin Smokejumpers are trained to suit up and be ready to board a plane in two minutes. Smokejumpers are highly trained wildland ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) - Starting last week and running through April, smokejumpers are practicing their parachute landings around Fairbanks and North Pole in advance of Alaska’s 2026 wildfire ...

With its mix of beige-hued, sheet-metal buildings, the Redmond Air Center adheres like an appendage to the small municipal airport in central Oregon. The otherwise crystal blue sky is carpeted with a ...