If you see large military planes flying low over Angeles National Forest and dropping water north of Los Angeles this week, ...

Welcome back to The Daily Aviation for a feature on the workhorse of US Military cargo planes, the C-130 Hercules. Voice, ...

“There will never be a dull moment in the C-130,” says Lenoch. “We can drop personnel, vehicles, or supplies. The C-130 is known to be commonly fired upon by surface-to-air threats, which is ...

Fort McCoy’s prescribed burn team held a final burn for the spring season April 23 along Badger Drop Zone on the installation ...

Cal Fire presented the North Bay Business Journal an early look at its second of seven C-130 air tankers being retrofitted to drop fire retardant before it’s deployed to Fresno. The C-130 that ...

These large-capacity, highly specialized aircraft deliver significant volumes of fire retardant in a single mission, ...

Cal Fire, California’s lead state firefighting agency, on Thursday April 24, 2025 unveiled a new C-130 tanker plane, shown ...

California is now the first U.S. state to deploy a C-130 Hercules air tanker to fight ... which includes installing a 4,000-gallon tank and retardant drop system. Newsom’s office says they ...

The California Forestry Association released the following statement regarding the addition of the C-130 Hercules to its ...

This is a big deal,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday, noting California has the largest civilian aerial firefighting fleet in ...

The workhorse of the Air Force combat airlift fleet, the C-130 Hercules has been in service for more than half a century. Designed specifically to transport troops and equipment in the combat zone ...