Pilot Profile – Angela Tanton
By Emily Hewitt I have been working at the Coeur D’ Alene tanker base over the summer, where I ran ...
Tag: C-130
The A400M and C-130 by the Numbers
Over 50 years have passed since the introduction of the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS), a self-contained unit used ...
Ramona Air Attack Base to Receive New Firefighting Tanker
A former search-and-rescue plane for the U.S. Coast Guard will be making its new home away from the sea at ...
Colombia Receives Help From Brazil for Aerial Firefighting
In addition to modular equipment from here and Peru to transform cargo aircraft into tanker planes, the country must also ...
California Still Waits for 5 New Firefighting Aircraft 5 Years On
Nearly five years ago, Congress told the U.S. Air Force to convert seven surplus Coast Guard aircraft into firefighting tankers ...
Hollywood Guard Hosts Groundbreaking for C-130J Simulator
By Master Sgt. Nicholas Carzis, 146 Airlift Wing, Public Affairs, California Air National Guard PORT HUENEME, Calif. - After a decade ...
MAFFS Enabled C-130 Aircraft Assisting Fire Suppression Efforts
BOISE, Idaho – Two modular airborne firefighting systems (MAFFS) enabled U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft arrived at Boise Tanker Base, ...
Coulson Firefighting C-130 Likely Stalled in 2019 Fatal Crash
Sydney, Australia - A C-130 tanker plane that crashed and killed all three Americans on board while fighting fires in ...
Why fighting wildfires is the hardest flying Air Force crews do outside combat
Forget what you’ve seen in movies: flying low and slow in large fixed-wing aircraft is tough to do. It is ...
Singapore Firm Makes Inroads Supplying U.S. With Firefighting Tankers
One of Singapore’s top defense contractors wants to build a tanker that could replace the U.S. National Guard's C-130J Hercules ...
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