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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – On Thursday, U.S. Northern Command activated eight C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems and their personnel to support firefighting ...

When wildfires rage out of control, the U.S. Air Force deploys a surprising tool: the C-130 Hercules. Equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS), these aircraft can drop thousands ...

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 ...