Retrofitted C-130 cargo plane can fly farther, faster and carry more fire retardant than other Cal Fire aircraft ...

“This is the right time to have these aircraft,” he said. Tyler said that the U.S. Forest Service originally tried to create a fleet of seven C-130s in 2013, but couldn’t get adequate funding to ...

range and payload capacity make it the most capable aircraft in CAL FIRE’s entire fleet. The state received its first of seven retrofitted C-130s in August 2024. That aircraft has gone on 90 ...

"It is an honor to be here today to talk about the expansion of Cal Fire's aviation firefighting fleet,” Chief Joe Tyler, Cal Fire Director, said. The expansion is the second of seven new C-130 ...

State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant outlines how Cal Fire is preparing for the peak of California’s increasingly long and ...

CAL FIRE's new Intel 641 aircraft is innovating technology in firefighting. Recently, it helped map the Pioneer Fire in Tehama County, providing real-time data to crews on the ground.

solidifying its status as home to the largest aerial firefighting fleet in the world. Governor Gavin Newsom announced the addition Wednesday at CAL FIRE’s Sacramento Aviation Headquarters ...

Retrofitted C-130 cargo plane can fly farther, faster, and carry more fire retardant than other Cal Fire aircraft ...

the fleet was finally transferred to California on Dec. 14, 2023. “Immediately the (Cal Fire) aviation management unit went into retrofitting these aircraft,” Tyler said, with the first ...

The plane is the second C-130 in Cal Fire’s aviation fleet. The first one, a 1985 former Coast Guard model put into service last August, has been used heavily, flying 90 missions, responding to ...