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Superscoopers Return To L.A County For 2023 Fire Season 

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The two Superscoopers that are contracted from Quebec Canada have returned to Los Angeles County Wednesday to assist in battling brush fires, officials said.   The two aircraft and 12 crew arrived Wednesday at the Van Nuys Airport where they are stationed, and are set to go into service Friday, Sept. 1, according to Craig Little, spokesperson for the Los Angeles ...

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NASA Jet To Fly Over Santa Clarita Valley Again

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is set to fly a DC-8 jet over Santa Clarita for a second time on Wednesday as part of a research mission.    The NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center DC-8 aircraft is scheduled to fly over Canyon Country again as part of a collaborative research mission with NOAA called AEROMMA.  The aircraft is scheduled ...

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Airplane Makes Emergency Landing At Pitchess Detention Center In Santa Clarita

An airplane made an emergency landing near the Pitchess Detention Center in Santa Clarita after an unknown emergency. Around 3:10 p.m. Tuesday, first responders received reports of a low-flying aircraft near the northbound 5 Freeway and Hasley Canyon Road in Castaic, said Franklin Lopez, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The plane reportedly landed on the jail ...

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REAL ID Deadline Extended To 2021 Amid Coronavirus Pandemic 

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The deadline for REAL IDs needed to board an aircraft or enter a federal building has been moved to 2021 for all Americans, including Santa Clarita residents, officials said Thursday.  Due to the coronavirus, COVID-19, President Donald Trump announced that the deadline to get a REAL ID would be moved to October, 1 2021.    “At a time when we’re asking ...

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UPDATE: No Plane Crash Found After Search In Mountains Near Acton

A reported plane crash in Acton Friday morning has prompted a search from the air and ground by fire officials. UPDATE: Los Angeles County Fire has concluded the search as of 1:15 p.m. Friday, but is going to continue to monitor the area. Around 11:45 a.m. Friday, the Los Angeles County Fire Department received reports of an aircraft down near ...

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Aerospace Development Company Makes First Flight In Experimental Aircraft

Aerospace developers Scaled Composites recently made a successful test flight with their most recent project, an aircraft they call Model 401. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Scaled Composites built two of the aircrafts to demonstrate its advanced, low-cost manufacturing techniques and to provide the aircraft for research flight services to industry ...

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L.A. County Extends Super Scooper Contract

County supervisors approved the extension of two CL-415 Super Scooper fire-fighting aircraft from Canada this week, officials said. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. To ensure that the Los Angeles County Fire Department is prepared for any type of major fire incident, Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich announced that the lease contract for two ...

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Lancaster Man Arrested For Pointing Laser Light At Commercial Airliner

Ed. Note: The following article is a news release provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. A commercial airliner flying over the Lancaster City area of the Antelope Valley reported to air traffic controllers Thursday night, Sept. 3, that their cockpit was illuminated several times by a powerful green laser light. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news ...

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Antonovich Announces Arrival Of SuperScoopers And Helitanker To Fight Brush Fires

Supervisor Michael Antonovich with Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Osby, representatives from Quebec and county fire pilots announced the arrival of two CL-415 SuperScoopers and an Erickson Type 1 Helitanker to fight Southern California brush fires. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The SuperScoopers and Helitanker were leased from the government of ...

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