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Additionally, the U.S. Air Force Reserve out of Petersen Space Force Base sent a C-130 Hercules ... Palisades fire along the coast. The plane features a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System ...

CAL FIRE says that as part of the firefighting efforts against the Palisades Fire, they used the new C-130 air tanker. The C-130 air tanker, which is able to carry up to 4,000 gallons of water or fire ...

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 ...

John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System ... into military C-130 aircraft without major ...

Aerial support during the California wildfires has been grounded at times by high winds. Here's what the aircrafts do and why they can't fly in certain conditions.

“Tanker 47, we’re in the dip,” co-pilot Pablo Montero calls over the radio. It’s 9.30 p.m. on Saturday, January 11, and the crew is on its third night working the Palisades fire, a ...

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

For instance, 10 Tanker Air Carrier said Monday ... The Air National Guard has flown C-130 Hercules planes "equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems" to the Los Angeles area, where ...

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 ...