These large-capacity, highly specialized aircraft deliver significant volumes of fire retardant in a single mission, ...

The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, also known as Hurricane Hunters, fly C-130 aircraft from Keesler Air Force Base in ...

From a curious Midwestern girl to a legendary aviator, Amelia Earhart's life was a daring pursuit of freedom, flight, and ...

It’s clearly more planes than usual – by weight the air supply effort is being led by cargo 747s contracted by the USAF. But ...

Her quest to say ‘thank you’ led to the colonel who ran her refugee camp and the aircraft maintainer who may have loaded her ...

The Augusta Air Show was held on the weekends of April 26 and 27 and featured the United States Navy Blue Angels as the ...

The California Forestry Association released the following statement regarding the addition of the C-130 Hercules to its ...

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

CA Gov. Gavin Newsom urged the federal government for more funds as the state recovers from the historic wildfires in January ...

The aircraft underwent critical modifications to transform it into a high-capacity aerial firefighting asset capable of carrying 4,000 gallons of fire retardant.

On April 23, 1956, the Douglas C-133 Cargomaster took to the skies for the first time, launching a new era in strategic airlift. Designed to meet the U.S. Air Force's demand for heavy logistical ...