The US Forest Service is receiving C-130 planes from the US Coast Guard to augment their Firefighting fleet. Spokesperson for the Tahoe National Forest, Michael Woodbridge says the C-130 airplanes are already at McClellan near Sacramento, and soon will be in flight training.

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That somewhere will be on the Tahoe National Forest and mostly in the American River and Yuba River Ranger Districts.

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It’s a great way for the pilots to practice and get ready for the real thing when fire season heats up. Woodbridge says the C-130 flight training is going to be taking place in the next few weeks but kind of on and off. Woodbridge says the C-130 planes still have their Coast Guard Paint, but soon will have paint jobs that will brand them as US Forest Service aircraft.