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C-130E Hercules equipped with a Modular Airborne FireFighting System makes a Phos-Chek fire retardant drop in Southern California in October 2003. Phos-Chek is a brand of long-term [1] fire retardants, class A foams, and gels manufactured by Perimeter Solutions, headquartered in Clayton, Missouri, United States. [2] [3]
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 ...
C-130E, AF Ser. No. 64-0525 was on display at the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. The aircraft was the last assigned to the 43rd AW at Pope AFB, North Carolina before retirement from the USAF. [115] C-130E-LM, AF Ser. No. 64-0533 – Taken in December 1964 by 314th Troop Carrier Wing, Sewart AFB, TN.
A C-130 Hercules from Peterson AFB training with the Modular Airborne Fire ... The retardant can cover an area one-quarter of a mile long and 100 feet wide ...
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it has awarded Lockheed Martin a pair of new contract "modifications" worth nearly $90 million in total. The larger of the two awards ups ...
Tanker 130 had departed the Minden, Nevada air attack base at 2:29 p.m. PDT loaded with 3,000 US gallons (11,000 L; 2,500 imp gal) of fire retardant for its sixth drop of the day with a pilot, copilot and flight engineer on board, and arrived at the fire at 2:45 p.m. The aircraft made an initial spotting pass over the drop zone, then flew back ...
At 1:15:15 pm, the crew completed a partial retardant drop at around 190 feet (58 m) AGL releasing about 1,200 U.S. gallons (4,500 L) of fire retardant. The aircraft then began climbing to around 330 feet (100 m) AGL where it began to rock from around an 18º left angle of bank to then a 6º right angle of bank.
October 14, 1994: C-130E 2460 of the Brazilian Air Force (1 Esquadrão, 1 Grupo) was destroyed at Formosa, 60 kilometers northeast of Brasília, Brazil, when ammunition load caught fire in the air. September 27, 2001: C-130E 2455 of the Brazilian Air Force (1 Esquadrão, 1 Grupo), crashed into mountain after take-off from Rio de Janeiro. All ...