What are ‘Super Scoopers,’ the planes used to fight the L.A. wildfires?
The CL-415 aircraft being used in California can drop large amounts of water on fires and fills its tank by skimming along a ...
Inside the cockpit: National Guard air tanker attacks Hughes Fire
U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130J Super Hercules ...
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Inside the cockpit: National Guard air tanker attacks Hughes Fire
John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting ... entire load of up to 3,000 gallons of retardant in less ...
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Morning Minute: Wildfire relief and resources for local immigrants
Central Coast! Our community is responding to recent challenges with action and support. From wildfire relief efforts and help for immigrant ...
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Cal Fire official calls private firefighters 'extremely dangerous'
Amid the devastation of the fires, private firefighters have sparked anger, a sign of inequality between the city's ...
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45 more fire engines, C-130 Hercules sent to battle California wildfires
Hundreds of Colorado firefighters are now helping in Los Angeles, and the USAF aircraft out of Peterson Air Force Base is retrofitted to dump thousands of gallons of water in minutes.
What It’s Like to Be an Aerial Tanker Pilot During the L.A. Fires
Multiple aerial firefighting agencies have spent countless hours airborne since the outbreak of the Palisades and Eaton fires, dropping water and fire retardant in an attempt to control the flames ...
See the US military's special C-130 Hercules water bombers that are joining the LA wildfire fight
The Pentagon sent C-130 MAFFS-equipped aircraft to fight the LA fires. The water bombers drop nearly 14 tons of fire ...
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What are ‘Super Scoopers,’ the planes used to fight the L.A. wildfires?
The Super Scooper is among an array of firefighting aircraft, including helicopters and air tankers, that the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ... up to 3,000 gallons of ...
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See the US military's special C-130 Hercules water bombers that are joining the LA wildfire fight
The C-130s are fitted with a firefighting unit that can drop thousands of gallons ... Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) unit to support other air tankers in aerial suppression.
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High winds do more than spread fires — they keep firefighting aircraft on the ground
(Photo by Jill Connelly/Bloomberg via Getty Images) The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ... gallons of water to be dumped on the flames. The Sikorsky S70i Hawk has a fixed ...
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What It’s Like Inside a Waterbomber
“Tanker 47, we’re in the dip,” co-pilot Pablo Montero calls over the radio. It’s 9.30 p.m. on Saturday, January 11, and the crew is on its third night working the Palisades fire, a ...