Quick calculations, coordination, communication and feedback were key in helping helicopter pilots hit their spots.

Still, crews kept that fire in remote areas and out of the suburban Chula Vista neighborhoods it threatened. The county is looking at buying a new twin-engine helicopter capable of flying at night ...

"What was the helicopter doing in that track? Very sad. But visually, somebody should have been able to see and taken that helicopter out of play ... the crash. DC Fire Chief John Donnelly said ...

By that point, helicopter pilots had been dropping ... scratching lines and trying to flank this fire and put it out. We’re just knocking it down for them, enough that they can manage it.” ...