On2, 2025, U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz piloted a C-130J Super Hercules over the Hughes Fire in Castaic, ...

Las Terrenas, Samaná.- The Minister of Tourism, David Collado, announced that the renovated Pueblo de los Pescadores in Las ...

A video shows the cockpit view of California Air National Guard pilots flying low and dropping fire retardant over the Hughes Fire in Los Angeles County.

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

While hydrants can play a role in fighting a wildfire in its early stages, the systems weren’t designed to combat the large ...

U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130J Super Hercules ...

The Eaton fire and other recent Southern California wildfires resulted in the deaths of 29 people and the loss of thousands ...

The fire confirmed the worst fears of a Central Coast community where a new battery farm is planned, writes SLO.

Billings Flight Service helps fight major fires at home and overseas --- including the ongoing California wildfires. The ...

Help in fighting the recent Los Angeles fires came from many corners, and the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District was part ...

The planes can “discharge their entire load of up to 3,000 gallons of retardant in less than five seconds, covering an area one-quarter of a mile long by 100 feet wide, or they can make variable drops ...

"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 ...