The battle for Camp Duck was a hellish extraction under heavy enemy fire, resulting in the loss of 183 lives and multiple ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With peak fire season rapidly approaching, California has bolstered its firefighting arsenal by deploying a second C-130H Hercules airtanker, solidifying its status as home to the ...

SAN DIEGO — The Cal Fire C-130 is a flying fortress of firefighting power. The converted US Coast Guard cargo plane is loaded with 36,000 pounds of flame retardant or water, to put out fast moving ...

As Camp Duc came under full-scale assault, evacuation turned into a chaotic, unplanned emergency. Helicopters were shot down, the runway was blocked, and communications were fragmented. C-130 crews ...

Equipped with airborne fire-fighting systems, C-130 Super Hercules planes are flying missions over the wildfires in Southern California that started earlier this month. California Air National Guard ...

Enormous C-130 military planes will soar over Angeles National Forest this week in a training exercise for military pilots learning to fly the modified aircraft in steep terrain to fight wildfires.