When deployed as a firefighting aircraft, the C-130 can be equipped with a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS ... to pilots when dropped. The US military has eight MAFFs units ready ...

A California man has agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into a "Super Scooper" firefighting ...

A drone that authorities say was flying in restricted airspace on Jan. 9 put a fist-sized hole in the wing of a Super Scooper ...

is considered extremely cost-effective in fighting wildfires, according to Business Insider. Cal Fire doesn’t own any Super Scoopers. Instead, it has been leasing two of the aircraft from the ...

Planes dumping ... California, US, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (Photo by Jill Connelly/Bloomberg via Getty Images) The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, also known as Cal ...

He’ll likely pay $65,000 and do community service.

A California man agrees to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft after his drone collides with firefighting Super Scooper aircraft battling the Palisades Fire.

Nine passengers and a pilot are missing after Flight 445 vanished in the rural western region of Nome, leaving medical ...