A California Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS II) battles the Rock Fire in Inyo County. The aircraft can release up to 3,000 ...

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 Nevada Air National Guard’s 152nd Airlift Wing will activate a C-130 Hercules equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire ...

As wildfires continue to strain resources across the West, the Nevada Air National Guard’s 152nd Airlift Wing is activating a ...

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.

Reno-based C-130 aircraft equipped with specialized firefighting systems head to Oregon to assist federal agencies.

These videos show the Modular Airborne FireFighting System in action over the Rim Fire in Stanislaus National Forest, in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, on Aug. 19. Photo: YouTube/Lt Col Bryan ...

The demise of Sacramento-based Aero Union has some experts worried about the future viability of the program that has helped fight wildfires for 40 years. The component inside the C-130 is the Modular ...

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 ...