Charlotte-based Air Nat'l Guard team fighting West Coast fires

SACRAMENTO, Cal. — The North Carolina Air National Guard continues to help fight raging wildfires across the West Coast.

• PHOTOS: Inside an Air National Guard C-130

The 145th Airlift Wing has been dropping fire retardant on trees that haven't burned yet in California, Oregon and other states to help prevent the fire from spreading.

So far, the team has dropped nearly 40 tons of flame suppressant on a forest in northwestern California.

The 145th Airlift Wing, NCANG, C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) and aircrew began aerial firefighting August 13 and are operating out of McClellan Air Tanker Base near Sacramento.

There are currently 19 active wildfires.

Past coverage:

• 9 INVESTIGATES: Changes made after Air National Guard flight crashed fighting wildfire
• NC Air National Guard unit will train in Wyoming
• Report: 145th Airlift Wing C-130 crashed after flying into 'microburst'
• C-130 firefighting planes landed in Charlotte Tuesday night
• Airmen killed in plane crash to be laid to rest
• Private memorial to be held for local airmen as photos of crash site released
• Bodies of 4 local airmen returned to Charlotte
• 4 airmen killed in plane crash laid to rest
• Photos released from South Dakota crash site
• Raw video of memorial service for fallen Airmen

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