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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Two firefighting helicopters are on display at the Adnec Marina showing off their credentials in tackling high-rise building fires in the UAE. A fire-fighting Black Hawk UH-60L of the UAE’s Joint ...

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 ...