Marc Thor Olson was a "highly decorated veteran of both the Army and Air Force" with 42 years of experience and more than 8,000 total flight hours, officials said Heartbreaking new details have been ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The pilot who died Tuesday night when his specially equipped firefighting single-engine plane crashed while working the Kruger Rock Fire told his ground crew the air was ...

The pilot killed in a plane crash near Estes Park while battling the Kruger Rock fire has been identified as Marc Thor Olson, according to Colorado Fire Aviation, the company that owned the aircraft ...

LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — CO Fire Aviation has identified the air tanker pilot who died in a plane crash while providing nighttime aerial support for the Kruger Rock Fire. Marc Thor Olson, 59, ...

BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, HEATHER. AND WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW CREWS ARE FIGHTING THE PARK FIRE AND OTHER FIRES FROM THE AIR, WHICH IS ALWAYS A CRITICAL PART OF THIS OPERATION.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... At 10:14 a.m. Sept. 5, 2024, experienced pilot Kyle Scott had just sprayed a sugar beet field in rural Morgan County and turned west for a second run at it ...

Vance Brand Municipal Airport will serve as a primary flight operations site for a statewide wildfire preparedness exercise running Tuesday through April 30, according to a city news release. The ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2022 — Jerry Perez is stepping into a critical role for the USDA Forest Service as its newest national director for fire and aviation management. Perez will oversee all aspects of ...

The pilot who died Tuesday night when his specially equipped firefighting single-engine plane crashed while working the Kruger Rock Fire told his ground crew the air was turbulent and he was going to ...