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The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin).Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medevac, and cargo transport aircraft.
A MAFFS II-equipped C-130 Hercules from the 302nd Airlift Wing drops water over the Hayman Fire burn scar during training in May 2021.. The Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS) is a self-contained unit used for aerial firefighting that can be loaded onto both military cargo transport Lockheed C-130 Hercules and Embraer C-390 Millennium, which then allows the aircraft to be used as an ...
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.
Cal Fire workers prepare a C-130 airframe built in 1984 for its new role as an air tanker on Thursday at McClellan Airport. Jeremy Sweitzer, a lead C-130 flight engineer for Cal Fire, sits in the ...
On 12 February 2007, Royal Air Force (RAF) Hercules C.4 (C-130J-30), ZH876, c/n 5460 (built in 1998) was seriously damaged during landing on a desert airstrip by multiple improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along the airstrip, in Maysan province near Basrah, Iraq. There were no casualties to the crew and passengers, but the airframe was damaged ...
Ever since the induction of the first Lockheed C-130 in the air force in 1963, the PAF could undertake Inspect Repair As Necessary (IRAN) level maintenance for the planes. . As major maintenance and repair establishments weren't available for the Hercules in Pakistan, PAF had to fly them to aerospace facilities in other countries like Indonesia (), Singapore (ST Aerospace), Portugal (), Brazil ...
According to The Associated Press, The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was pumping from aqueducts and groundwater into the system, but "demand was so high that it wasn't enough to refill ...
C130s in Cascade Aerospace's Hangar Cascade Aerospace Inc. of Abbotsford, British Columbia , Canada, is a specialty aerospace and defence contractor , focused on providing long-term integrated aircraft support programs for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), military, government and commercial customers.