With a wingspan of 132 feet, the C-130 Hercules seemed impossible to land on a flight deck. But in a high-stakes test aboard the USS Forrestal, the U.S. Navy proved the unimaginable was possible.

The aircraft is one of seven C-130 Hercules that the department received from the U.S. Coast Guard. With the ability to carry 4,000 gallons of fire retardant, It will be used as an initial attack ...

The Pentagon sent C-130 MAFFS-equipped aircraft to fight the LA fires. The water bombers drop nearly 14 tons of fire retardant in under five seconds.

The MAFFS units fit inside C-130 airplanes and do not require any structural modification, allowing the units to be loaded onto the military aircraft in about two hours detailed the U.S. Air Force.

Modular Aerial Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) units fit inside C-130 airplanes and do not require any structural modification, allowing the units to be loaded onto the military aircraft in about two ...

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 ...

The MAFFS system can be installed inside C-130 airplanes without any structural modification in just two hours. The U.S. Northern Command activated eight of its C-130 aircraft equipped ...

The Pentagon sent C-130 MAFFS-equipped aircraft to fight the LA fires. The water bombers drop nearly 14 tons of fire retardant in under five seconds.

PETERSON SFB, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command has activated eight C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) and associated personnel to relocate from their home stations ...

Brands discusses why the C-130 aircraft is used, how it flies, and strategies for dropping fire retardant.

Tanker 122, Cal Fire’s first operational C-130H, was on full display Thursday at Cal Fire’s aviation headquarters at McClellan Airport. The aircraft is one of seven C-130 Hercules that the ...

The aircraft is one of seven C-130 Hercules that the department received from the U.S. Coast Guard. With the ability to carry 4,000 gallons of fire retardant, It will be used as an initial attack ...