California officials have added a C-130 Hercules cargo plane to the firefighting fleet of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the state’s primary firefighting agency. (Courtesy Cal Fire/TNS)
It has taken a long time to make it happen, but Military.com reports, CalFire is finally getting the first of seven former USCG C-130H aircraft that will join their fire flighting fleet. I’ve been told that necessary changes were actually made by the Coast Guard at CGAS Elizabeth City.
Chuck Hill's CG Blog 
All of these former CG C-130’s were converted for CAL Fire by the CG Air Logistics Center (ALC)
Really, they keep doing surprising things. So why is the Air Force getting credit for this?
Haven’t a clue, except the usual Coast Guard, the forgotten military/armed service of the US. Ben