Cal Fire, California's lead state firefighting agency, on Thursday April 24, 2025 unveiled a new C-130 tanker plane, shown here in April at McClellan Airtanker Base near Sacramento, that it ...

Inside the cockpit of a C-130J (Ryan Welch/WPRI-TV) Since it is the only flight simulator for this type of aircraft in the world, Wiggins said it is a popular training tool for pilots learning how ...

The Pentagon sent C-130 MAFFS-equipped aircraft to fight the LA fires. The water bombers drop nearly 14 tons of fire retardant in under five seconds.

California is the first state in the U.S. to own and operate firefighting C-130H aircraft. The new planes are the fastest and have the greatest range of any aircraft in CAL FIRE's fleet, officials ...

The C-130 Hercule returns in a new doomsday role. If nuclear war breaks out, this will be the most important aircraft in the sky.