Earl Cooley, 98, who was one of the first two U.S. Forest Service smoke jumpers to parachute into a forest fire and later was a spotter on the Mann Gulch fire that killed 13 firefighters, died Nov. 9 ...

The National Smokejumper Association tour to Vietnam included some legendary names in smokejumping, both past and present. The father of tour participant Larry Lufkin was a smokejumping pioneer.

Smoke jumpers can hardly be called cowards, but for a few conscientious objectors during World War II that is exactly what happened to them. In his new book, “Smoke Jumping on the Western Fire Line: ...