After a lot of research have found that the US Coast Guard will be transferring 7 of their HC-130H aircraft to the US Forest Service.
See my article at http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/2018/01/f ... owned.html.
I can confirm the following former USCG aircraft are now in USFS service
CG Aircraft 1706 ADFE12
CG Aircraft 1708 ADFE14
CG Aircraft 1721
The following HC-130H will be heading for USFS service
1709 HC-130H 382-5005 for USFS
1713 HC-130H 382-5034 for USFS
1714 HC-130H 382-5035 for USFS
1719 HC-130H 382-5107 now in 309th AMARG Stored 20apr17 for USFS
Also
CG 1503 ADFE06 is no longer in service stored at AMARG as of Aug 8, 2016
Regards
Chief Larry