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 ...

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.

Wildfires centered around the Yeongnam region are becoming a disaster. Not only have there been 15 casualties, including 4 deaths, but a vast area has also been burned, and the damage area continues ...

U.S. Northern Command has activated two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) Aircraft, one from the 152nd Airlift Wing in Reno and the other from the 146th Airlift Wing out of the Channel ...

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 ...

On January 22, 2025, a C-130J Super Hercules, equipped with Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS), flew over the Hughes Fire in Castaic, California. The California Air National Guard deployed ...

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 ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The demise of the only company that manufactured a device designed to spray fire retardant from the back of U.S. military C-130 cargo planes has some experts worried about the future ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - More than 2,500 California National Guard troops remain on duty this week after Gov. Gavin Newsom activated them to support the ongoing firefighting efforts in the ...