The Pentagon deployed modified C-130 aircraft to aid in the fight against the Los Angeles wildfires. The wildfires spread rapidly due to strong winds and dry conditions, scorching over 30,000 acres.
U.S. Northern Command has activated military cargo planes equipped to drop retardant as an intensifying peak wildfire season stretches the U.S. Forest Service air tanker fleet. Two C-130 Hercules ...
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.