Equipped with the MAFFS II system, Leonardo’s C-27J Spartan NG emerges as a versatile multi-mission platform which can deliver precision water/fire ...
On2, 2025, U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz piloted a C-130J Super Hercules over the Hughes Fire in Castaic, ...
Castaic, United States - January 24, 2025 As the Hughes Fire rages near Castaic on January 24, 2025, U.S. Air National Guard ...
The device, named GeologyObserver-1, is an airborne photon-counting LiDAR system designed for integrated land and sea remote sensing and intelligent detection. LiDAR, which stands for Light Detection ...
A video shows the cockpit view of California Air National Guard pilots flying low and dropping fire retardant over the Hughes Fire in Los Angeles County.
Equipped with airborne fire-fighting systems, C-130 Super Hercules planes are flying missions over the wildfires in Southern ...
U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard ...
Hoke’s C-130 — a model nicknamed “Hercules” for its impressive strength and size — has been equipped with a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, or MAFFS. On the ground, a small army of people preps ...
In addition to on-the-ground resources, Colorado is also sending airborne help ... up of both aircraft maintainers and those flying the C-130 Hercules. The Hercules is now stationed at the ...
The C-130J is a special craft from the 146th Airlift Wing and is equipped with a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System ... Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing are flying MAFFS-capable C-130 aircraft supporting ...