Equipped with the MAFFS II system, Leonardo’s C-27J Spartan NG emerges as a versatile multi-mission platform which can deliver precision water/fire ...

There are 38 aircraft in WA to help fight bushfires, and four of them are ex-military Black Hawk helicopters. It takes ...

MAFFS, or Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems, transforms a military transport into an aerial firefighter. In an interview ...

As severe wildfires continue carving destruction though the Los Angeles area, the US military has deployed aircraft to help ... with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS), have been ...

California National Guardsmen stand watch on the Pacific Coast Highway with smoke from the Palisades Fire behind them ... including firefighting crews, aircraft and military police that are ...

When deployed as a firefighting aircraft, the C-130 can be equipped with a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS ... to pilots when dropped. The US military has eight MAFFs units ready ...

Aerial firefighting has become an essential part of wildfire suppression strategies, offering the speed, precision, and ...

a fire captain for Cal Fire. There are eight activated military C-130s that have been modified specifically to contain the wildfires. The aircraft can release 3,000 gallons of water or red fire ...

Fighting around Sudan ‘s largest oil refinery set the sprawling complex ablaze, satellite data analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows, sending thick, black smoke over the country’s capital ...