C-130 fighting the Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado
July 2, 2012
From a 153rd Air Expeditionary Group News Release:
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 10, 2012 - The North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing will return to flying Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System missions on Aug. 14, six weeks after four of the unit's airmen were killed in a C-130 aircraft crash during a firefighting mission in South Dakota.
"Charlotte's MAFFS 8 will replace MAFFS 9, from California, for ...
An Air Force C-130 plane crashed Sunday evening while fighting the White Draw fire in South Dakota. The condition of the six crew members on board has not been released, but the Air Force has reported there were casualties in the crash:
[O]ur thoughts and prayers go out to those who were injured and those who lost their lives. The family members of these Airmen are especially on our ...
