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 ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – 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 ...

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.

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.

PORT HUENEME, Calif. – The U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and other federal and state fire response agencies will be conducting airborne firefighting training in the area from ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark ...

This article was originally featured on Task & Purpose. Editor’s Note: This article is part of War and Climate Week, a series of stories exploring how the U.S. military is coping with extreme weather, ...

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 ...