The Department of Defense deployed modified C-130 aircraft and Navy helicopters to support efforts to contain the destructive wildfires burning in Los Angeles. A wildfire started in the Pacific ...

Today marks the 33rd anniversary of when a military plane forever changed Evansville when it fell out of the sky, crashing ...

On February 6, 1992, a C-130 plane, doing touch and goes, crashed into what was then Drury Inn and JoJo’s restaurant.

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 ...

The Pentagon deployed modified C-130 aircraft to aid in the fight against the Los Angeles wildfires. The wildfires spread rapidly due to strong winds and dry conditions, scorching over 30,000 acres.

On2, 2025, U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz piloted a C-130J Super Hercules over the Hughes Fire in Castaic, ...

US advanced propulsion system developer Wright Electric has conducted an initial fit check of its WM2500 electric propulsion ...

As the Hughes Fire rages near Castaic on4, 2025, U.S. Air National Guard Maj. Cameron Shepard and Capt. Carlos Puga are hard ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. PETERSON SFB, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command has activated eight C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting ...

Additionally, the U.S. Air Force Reserve out of Petersen Space Force Base sent a C-130 Hercules capable of dumping 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in less than five seconds. Three fires ...

The Hercules is celebrating 70 years and counting since its inception in 1954. Today, the C-130 Hercules is used in over 70 countries with more than a million flight hours and growing. (U.S. Marine ...