CAL FIRE's first operational C-130 Hercules appeared in the sky above San Jacinto on Monday, according to the agency. The massive aircraft, which began service as a U.S. Coast Guard search and ...

Equipped with airborne fire-fighting systems, C-130 Super Hercules planes are flying ... Wednesday shows a pilot’s point-of-view as the aircraft flies over and drops retardant on the Hughes ...

Equipped with airborne fire-fighting systems, C-130 Super Hercules planes are flying ... Wednesday shows a pilot’s point-of-view as the aircraft flies over and drops retardant on the Hughes ...

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.

The C-130 features a loading ramp and door in the tail that can accomodate palletized loads, vehicles and troops. The aircraft can airdrop up to 42,000 pound loads or land on short, unimproved ...

"Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS) are the U.S. Forest Service’s portable fire-retardant delivery systems and can be inserted into military C-130 aircraft without major structural ...

A Cessna aircraft operated by Bering Air carrying 10 ... The update added that the C-130 Coast Guard plane "reported they found nothing so far" and that the Airforce also sent a C-130 that had ...