The Hercules C-130 aircraft descended to an altitude of 150 feet, releasing 3,000 gallons of water over a grassy landscape. The water drop took place near the Boise Airport’s third runway, south of ...

The Pentagon deployed modified C-130 aircraft to aid in the fight against the Los Angeles wildfires. The wildfires spread rapidly due to strong winds and dry conditions, scorching over 30,000 acres.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The demise of the only company that manufactured a device specially designed to spray fire retardant from the back of U.S. military C-130 cargo planes has some experts worried about ...

PORT HUENEME, Calif. – The California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing and the Air Force Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing alongside federal wildland agencies will conduct their annual training for ...

Enormous C-130 military planes will soar over Angeles National Forest this week in a training exercise for military pilots learning to fly the modified aircraft in steep terrain to fight wildfires.

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – On Thursday, U.S. Northern Command activated eight C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems and their personnel to support firefighting ...

The Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira: FAB) is using Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules medium transport/multirole aircraft equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) to ...

RENO — The National Interagency Fire Center requested on Wednesday a C-130 aircraft from the Nevada Air National Guard to support wildland firefighting operations in several western states. The 152nd ...

FILE - In this July 3, 2012 photo, an aircraft makes a drop on the Quail Fire above Alpine, Utah. The demise of a California company that built a device that sprays fire retardant from U.S. military C ...

The demise of Sacramento-based Aero Union has some experts worried about the future viability of the program that has helped fight wildfires for 40 years. The component inside the C-130 is the Modular ...