With peak fire season on the horizon, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state's second C-130 Hercules (C-130H) airtanker is now ready for firefighting operations, April 24. This strengthens ...

No matter the variant, the AC-130 is jam-packed with the sort of weaponry one would expect to find on a “gunship.” ...

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

The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, also known as Hurricane Hunters, fly C-130 aircraft from Keesler Air Force Base in ...

BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEFEND OUR VALUES, STAND TALL. Governor Gavin Newsom and Cal Fire have introduced a new C-130 tanker, capable of carrying about 4,000 gallons of retardant, as part of ...

Standing before the first of the state’s enormous, fully equipped C-130 Hercules tanker planes, which prides a 4,000-gallon water capacity and increased speed to fight fires, officials expressed ...

Gavin Newsom in Sacramento, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the state’s primary firefighting agency, rolled out a new C-130 Hercules cargo plane, which has been added ...

Enormous C-130 military planes will soar over Angeles National Forest this week in a training exercise for military pilots learning to fly the modified aircraft in steep terrain to fight wildfires.

Cheyenne, Wyo. - After what President/CEO of the Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce Dale Steenbergen said has been "20 plus year work" Lockheed Martin C-130J are finally coming to Cheyenne.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a small plane crash in Nebraska that killed all three people on board. The single-engine Cessna 180 was traveling ...

(News-Press NOW) -- According to a story posted yesterday by the Department of the Air Force website, the military branch has selected the Wyoming Air National Guard as the next location to host C ...

The C-130 has enjoyed a remarkable 70-year production run—and the aircraft’s performance is still outstanding. The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a true workhorse—a simple, no-frills aircraft ...