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Cal Fire adds huge new fire fighting tool as summer fire season approaches
Retrofitted C-130 cargo plane can fly farther, faster, and carry more fire retardant than other Cal Fire aircraft ...
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South Carolina has a Very Large Airtanker fighting fires from above for first time
The VLAT is just one of five types of aircraft fighting the raging Table Rock Fire, which grew expansively on Thursday, charring nearly 8700 acres as of Thursday evening. The Table Rock Fire continues ...
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CAL FIRE expands aerial firefighting abilities with seven C-130 aircraft
CAL FIRE will be deploying multiple C-130 aircraft that have been modified for firefighting response across the state of ...
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Cal Fire adds huge new firefighting plane as summer fire season approaches
Governor Gavin Newsom, far left, walks underneath the propellers of a C130H aircraft, the latest addition to Cal Fire’s aerial firefighting force, displayed at McClellan Airfield, Thursday ...
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Cal Fire adds huge new firefighting plane as summer fire season approaches
The plane, a 1984 model acquired from the U.S. Coast Guard, is a type used by the military ... the propellers of a C130H aircraft, the latest addition to Cal Fire’s aerial firefighting force ...