When deployed as a firefighting aircraft, the C-130 can be equipped with a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) unit to support other air tankers in aerial suppression. The MAFFS units ...

A C-130J Super Hercules over the Hughes Fire on Jan. 22, 2025. (California Air National Guard/TMX) Once a load is discharged from a MAFFS-equipped aircraft, and the aircraft lands at a tanker base ...

The HAAR system was developed to extend the operational range of helicopters, enabling them to conduct operations in remote ...

Additionally, the U.S. Air Force Reserve out of Petersen Space Force Base sent a C-130 Hercules capable of ... the plane can be refilled at the tanker base in less than 12 minutes, making it ...

Resources from Air Station Elizabeth City helped rescue two men who were on a sinking sailboat more than 100 miles off the ...

Cal Fire has its own fleet of aircraft operating from 14 airfields and 11 helicopter bases across the state that can reach most fires within about 20 minutes.

Air tankers of varying sizes are also being used to drop fire retardant in the path of the fires in an attempt to stop them from spreading. Cal Fire’s fleet includes the larger C-130 Hercules ...

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.