(WAVE) - The mid-air crash between a commercial flight ... Gorter is a former Air Force C-130 pilot who flew the massive aircraft in and out of Louisville with the Air National Guard.

The three firefighters were aboard the C-130 air tanker ... saddened to learn of the death of 3 people in the crash of a C130 fire fighting aircraft, north east of Cooma in NSW earlier today ...

The C-130 features a loading ramp and door in the tail that can accomodate palletized loads, vehicles and troops. The aircraft can airdrop up to 42,000 pound loads or land on short, unimproved ...

while an Air Guard C-130 and HH-60 helicopter remained on standby. A good Samaritan aircraft located the plane wreckage near the eastern side of Tustumena Lake on Monday morning. The Alaska Army ...