Firefighting planes are front-line combatants when a wildfire breaks out. They come in a wide variety of sizes, and their ...

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Retrofitted C-130 cargo plane can fly farther, faster, and carry more fire retardant than other Cal Fire aircraft ...

As summer fire season approaches, planes will soon be dropping red retardant to try to stifle the fire's spread. A new ...

The Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2025 also aims to address concerns raised by an environmental ...

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

The expansion is the second of seven new C-130 Hercules airplanes retrofitted to do water and fire-retardant dumps. Tyler said the planes were acquired through the National Defense Authorization ...

Planes from Europe expected in coming hours; firefighter numbers scaled back; all evacuees okayed to return home, though wildfires still active in six areas, clouding Independence Day celebrations ...

As of Thursday morning, 119 firefighting teams are still operating at all fire sites in the Jerusalem hills region, although highways 1, 38, and 3 have been reopened to traffic, trains into Jerusalem ...

Retrofitted C-130 cargo plane can fly farther, faster and carry more fire retardant than other Cal Fire aircraft ...

Nevertheless, Westerling said, the new planes are a good step ... The plane can drop nearly four times as much fire retardant as other Cal Fire air craft. Cal Fire, California’s lead state ...