C-130E Hercules - California Fires

CHANNEL ISLANDS AIR NATIONAL GUARD STATION, Calif.—Lt. Col. Ron Boll, a C-130E Hercules Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System pilot, takes the right seat on a flight during a fire retardant drop on the Simi fire in Southern California on Oct. 28. Pilots flying eight Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo airplanes have dropped 129,600 gallons of retardant on the fire during 48 sorties and 32 flying hours as of Oct. 29. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Dennis W. Goff)