Equipped with airborne fire-fighting systems, C-130 Super Hercules planes are flying missions over the wildfires in Southern California that started earlier this month. California Air National Guard ...
The wildfires in Los Angeles, United States, considered the most devastating in the region, have already consumed 156 km² and ...
The National Guard and the U.S. Northern Command released a video showing a C-130J drop a large line of fire retardant on the ...
The Pentagon sent C-130 MAFFS-equipped aircraft to fight the LA fires. The water bombers drop nearly 14 tons of fire ...
Helicopters play a critical role in CAL FIRE’s operations, and the future of the fleet is the Sikorsky S-70i Firehawk (or as ...
Hundreds of Colorado firefighters are now helping in Los Angeles, and the USAF aircraft out of Peterson Air Force Base is retrofitted to dump thousands of gallons of water in minutes.
U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130J Super ...
Three Wyoming Air National Guard C-130s equipped with the U.S. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, or ...
Aerial support during the California wildfires has been grounded at times by high winds. Here's what the aircrafts do and why ...
Carrying massive loads of water or fire retardant, fast-moving specialized aircraft help contain the spread of wildfires.
Equipped with airborne fire-fighting systems, C-130 Super Hercules planes are flying ... Wednesday shows a pilot’s point-of-view as the aircraft flies over and drops retardant on the Hughes ...