A Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) equipped C-130 aircraft drops fire retardant on wildfires in Healdsburg, California.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The Department of Defense deployed ...

CHEYENNE – A C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing was activated to support firefighting operations across the western United States this past weekend.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — 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 about ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. PETERSON SFB, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command has activated eight C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting ...

(CBS4) - One week ago, a C-130H from the 302 nd Airlift Wing deployed to help firefighters fight several fires across the state of California. "Two C-130s are conducting assigned missions. The 146 th ...

In April the Nevada Air National Guard and Governor Brian Sandoval announced Reno would be the new home for one of four Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, or MAFFS, units in the United States. The ...

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.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Pentagon deployed modified C-130 aircraft to aid in the fight against the Los Angeles wildfires. The wildfires spread rapidly ...

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 ...