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Heard on TV there were 80 aircraft dropping water/retardent on LA fires -- googled "c130s fighting LA fires and got a lot of hits -- here are some of them -- wild fires are about to become history
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A California Air National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing drops a line of fire retardant on the Palisades Fire in the mountains above the Pacific Palisades, California, Jan. 11, 2025. (Screenshot via 146th Airlift Wing)

MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Calif. (AFNS) --
Mutliple C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems are in the air. The MAFFS-equipped aircraft, which drop fire retardant from the air, are from the Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing in California, 152nd Airlift Wing and 192nd Airlift Squadron in Nevada, 153rd Airlift Wing and 187th Airlift Squadron in Wyoming, and the 302nd Airlift Wing and 731st Airlift Squadron, U.S. Air Force Reserve units based in Colorado Springs.

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U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules in action during the L.A. wildfires!

Air Force Firefighting C-130s Activated for LA Blaze
Jan. 10, 2025 | By David Roza
All eight of the Air Force’s premier firefighting aircraft will fly from across the western U.S. to southern California this weekend to help fight the wildfires that have been scorching Los Angeles since Jan. 7.

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-c-130-firefighting-los-angeles/