Captain RK Smithley explains how an orchestrated effort between air traffic controllers, mechanics, and loaders helps fight ...

The 65-year-old pilot began as a volunteer firefighter in Western Pennsylvania and now he's flying "Big Juicy" over ...

Wildfires have devastated County, killing at least 13 people, destroying over 12,000 structures, and displacing tens of ...

In this dire landscape, stories of heroism shine brightly, offering hope amid despair. One such story is that of RK Smithley, ...

But now, he’s doing so from the skies. Captain RK Smithley is one of several firefighters working to help put out the raging wildfires fom the air. He works for 10 Tanker — an aerial ...

Over the weekend, Captain RK Smithley became a viral sensation when KTLA showed a video of him flying a DC-10 Air Tanker above an ongoing inferno and dropped the chemicals on top of it with ...

NASCAR driver, Garrett Smithley, has revealed on X (formerly Twitter) that his father, RK Smithley is currently flying the DC-10 Air Tanker to California.

Capt. R.K. Smithley pauses as he searches for the appropriate word. He’s been asked to describe what it’s like flying a DC-10 just a few hundred feet above the ground, at 170 mph and carrying ...

THAT’S YOUR FOREVER. REPORTIN Capt. RK Smithley, a Ligonier native who now lives in Tennessee, is up in the skies in California, working to stop the catastrophic wildfires."It's tough to see ...

NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley reacted on X (formerly Twitter) to his father, RK Smithley, successfully deploying care packages to the victims of the Los Angeles wildfire. In the tweet ...

As the L.A. wildfires continue, so does the aerial firefighting effort. Learn more about the drone collision that launched an ...

Garrett Smithley has been a journeyman for his career. However, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have talent. This is a driver who has managed to land 76 starts in the Cup Series. His time in Cup ...