Look, up in the sky. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Super Scooper water drop! The most memorable battle scenes exist in the pivot — the moment when all appears to be lost and then, out of nowhere, ...

Dan Child and a copilot were coordinating aerial efforts to attack the Palisades fire the night of Jan. 7 when the winds became so strong they were struggling just to maintain altitude. The two pilots ...