U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130J Super Hercules ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The 152nd Airlift Wing of the Nevada Air National Guard out of Reno has been activated to help fight fires throughout the western U.S. The "High Rollers" C-130 aircraft is equipped ...

A Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) equipped C-130 aircraft drops fire retardant on wildfires in Healdsburg, California.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The Department of Defense deployed ...

WASHINGTON – More than 600 California National Guard troops have been activated and eight modular airborne firefighting systems are gearing up to assist with the fires devastating the Los Angeles area ...

WASHINGTON — The California National Guard upped its active force to more than 1,800 troops over the weekend to help fight fires consuming the Los Angeles area, the Pentagon said Monday. The force ...

CHEYENNE — Three Wyoming Air National Guard C-130s equipped with the U.S. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, or MAFFS, and associated personnel were activated by U.S. Northern ...

Hello everyone, today I would like to tell you about the awesome Modular Airborne FireFighting System (also know as MAFFS) fitted into the C-130 Hercules plane . Footage Credit: US Air Force, DoD ...

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – On Thursday, U.S. Northern Command activated eight C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems and their personnel to support firefighting ...

CHEYENNE – A C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing was activated to support firefighting operations across the western United States this past weekend.

Military aircraft and technology are being deployed to assist the California National Guard and state firefighters as Los Angeles wildfires continue to rage and thousands flee their homes, but the ...

PORT HUENEME, Calif. – The U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and other federal and state fire response agencies will be conducting airborne firefighting training in the area from ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark ...