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Cal Fire adds huge new firefighting plane as summer fire season approaches
Retrofitted C-130 cargo plane can fly farther, faster and carry more fire retardant than other Cal Fire aircraft ...
Cal Fire adds huge new fire fighting tool as summer fire season approaches
Retrofitted C-130 cargo plane can fly farther, faster, and carry more fire retardant than other Cal Fire aircraft ...
Newsom welcomes new C-130 Hercules tanker planes to California‘s firefighting air fleet
This is a big deal,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday, noting California has the largest civilian aerial firefighting fleet in ...
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Cal Fire adds huge new firefighting plane as summer fire season approaches
(Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Cal Fire already has 69 helicopters and planes, an assemblage that Newsom regularly refers to as the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet in the world.
ABC 10News San Diego4d
Newsom and Cal Fire announce expansion of aerial firefighting fleet
California Governor Gavin Newsom and Cal Fire officials announced the latest addition to the agency’s ability to fight fires ...
The San Joaquin Valley Sun4d
Second C-130 available to help California deal with the fire season
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the readiness of California's second C-130 Hercules airtanker for firefighting operations ahead ...
The Press Democrat18d
Cal Fire preps second C-130 air tanker in time for fire season
Cal Fire is preparing for a challenging wildfire season in Northern California, deploying resources including a second retrofitted C-130 Hercules air tanker. Meteorologists are predicting ...
Los Angeles Daily News4d
Newsom welcomes new C-130 Hercules tanker planes to California‘s firefighting air fleet
Standing before the first of the state’s enormous, fully equipped C-130 Hercules tanker planes ... director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), said that ...