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ATSB releases C-130 air tanker accident preliminary report
The tail of EC-130 #N134CG which crashed on Thursday lies amid debris in southern NSW. [Photo credit NSW Police]
Feb 28, 2020 - The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released their preliminary report on the crash of the Coulson Aviation EC-130Q, registered N134CG which was contracted to the New South Wales Rural Fire Service to support airdrops of fire retardant for the local bush fires. [Read more...]
C-130 firefighting aircraft crashes in Australia
Coulson Flying Tankers #N130CG is seen powering up on the ramp at Sacramento McClellan Airport on April 20, 2019. Note new paint scheme being used by Coulson. [Photo by TSTP350]
Jan 22, 2020 - An EC-130 firefighting aircraft from Coulson Aviation has crashed in the Monaro Area in Australian state of New South Wales while combating forest fires, killing three crew members. [Read more...]
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302nd AW hosting annual aerial firefighting training
Loadmasters assigned to the 302nd AW conduct a wet fire test of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s MAFFS installed onto one of the Reserve wing’s C-130 Hercules aircraft at Peterson AFB on August 8, 2018. [USAF photo by SSgt. Frank Casciotta]
May 05, 2019 - About 300 people from the Air National Guard, U.S. Forest Service and other firefighting agencies are scheduled Monday to begin a weeklong aerial wildland firefighting training and certification hosted by the Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base. [Read more...]
'High Rollers' go all in for busy MAFFS activation
USAF C-130 from the 152nd AW, Nevada ANG, visible through the trees during MAFFS, training on April 24, 2018. The 152nd recently completed a month-long activation fighting fires around California. [USAF photo by 2nd Lt. Emerson Marcus]
Sep 17, 2018 - Wildland firefighters rarely find themselves out of the woods. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin introduces LM-100J 'FireHerc' at Farnborough International Airshow
Artist mockup of the Lockheed LM-100J 'FireHerc' a civil-certified firefighting airtanker variant of the proven C-130J Super Hercules. [Lockheed Martin photo]
Jul 16, 2018 - Lockheed Martin today at Farnborough International Airshow (FIAS) introduced the LM-100J "FireHerc," a civil-certified firefighting airtanker variant of the proven C-130J Super Hercules that is the airlifter of choice for 18 nations around the world. [Read more...]
Air Guard, Reserve wings kickoff annual MAFFS training with the USDA Forest Service
USAF/ANG C-130H #93-7311 of the 192nd AS. Aerial firefighters from four C-130 airlift wings operating the U.S.D.A. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) started a weeklong training at McClellan Reload Base in Sacramento, California in anticipation of summer blazes. [USAF photo]
Apr 23, 2018 - As temperatures heated up this week in northern California, aerial firefighters from four C-130 airlift wings operating the U.S.D.A. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) started a weeklong training today in anticipation of summer blazes. [Read more...]
Firefighters strengthen partnership and build camaraderie
Firefighters with the 379th ECES’s Fire and Emergency Services Flight and the Qatar Emiri Air Force Fire Department pose for a group photo after a joint exercise at Al Udeid AB on August 1, 2017. The firefighters responded to a simulated aircraft explosion exercise where they worked together to extinguish the fire and save lives. [USAF photo by TSgt. Amy M. Lovgren]
Aug 25, 2017 - Over the public address system, firefighters with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron’s Fire and Emergency Services Flight and the Qatar Emiri Air Force Fire Department receive a message to respond to a simulated explosion on, August 1. [Read more...]
MAFFS surge support continues as national preparedness advances to highest level
Smoke and the start of a fire retardant containment line dropped by a MAFFS equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft near California’s South Fork Fire, south of Yosemite National Park are visible from MAFFS 5 on August 14, 2017. Three MAFFS-equipped C-130s and aircrews from the AFRC and ANG are providing support to the U.S. Forest Service fire suppression efforts from Air Tanker Base Fresno, California. [USAF photo by MSgt. Thomas Freeman]
Aug 16, 2017 - Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard continue supporting wildland fire suppression efforts as the National Preparedness level reaches its highest level. [Read more...]
High Rollers deploy for first MAFFS activation
USAF C-130H3 #93-7311 from 192 AS receives retardant at the Fresno Air Attack Base flightline to fire lines in the Sierra. This "after" photo is of the first ever 152nd AW retardant drop with one of its own aircraft on July 22, 2017. [Photo by TSgt. Emerson Marcus]
Jul 26, 2017 - More than a year after being named the newest military C-130 unit equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, the 152nd Airlift Wing flew its first firefighting operation Saturday at the Fresno Air Attack Base in support of the U.S. Forest Service. [Read more...]
Guard, Reserve units complete annual firefighting training with U.S. Forest Service
USAF C-130H #93-7314 from the 192nd AS loaded with the MAFFS drops a water line while training to contain wildfires just outside Boise, Idaho on April 21, 2017. [USAF photo by SSgt. Nieko Carzis]
Apr 24, 2017 - 121 sorties. 124 flight hours. 373,900 gallons of water dropped. [Read more...]
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