Gayle Anderson learns about Sonic Fire Tech, a startup company founded by former NASA engineers, that uses a patented technology to extinguish wildfires using sound waves. Company officials claim ...

The Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems program was instituted in 1971 as a collaboration between the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Defense. The MAFFS system can be installed inside C-130 ...

Air Force C-130 cargo planes specially equipped to drop thousands of gallons of wildfire retardant took part in training this week at the Channel Islands Air National Guard Station in Port Hueneme, ...

The Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service has activated four Department of Defense C-130 aircraft including one from Nevada that are equipped with special equipment to assist with increased ...

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – On Thursday, U.S. Northern Command activated eight C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems and their personnel to support firefighting ...

A California Air National Guard (CA ANG) MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing is seen providing support to wildland fire ...

Equipped with the MAFFS II system, Leonardo’s C-27J Spartan NG emerges as a versatile multi-mission platform which can deliver precision water/fire retardant drops while complementing the trusted ...

PORT HUENEME, Calif. – The U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and other federal and state fire response agencies will be conducting airborne firefighting training in the area from ...

CHEYENNE – Three Wyoming Air National Guard C-130s equipped with the U.S. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, or MAFFS, and associated personnel were activated Friday by U.S.

CHEYENNE -- Three Wyoming Air National Guard C-130s equipped with the U.S. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, or MAFFS, and associated personnel were activated by U.S. Northern ...