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Air Force Reservists from the 302nd Airlift Wing manuever their Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft June 27 to the Waldo Canyon Fire near Colorado Springs, Colo. MAFFS is a self-contained aerial firefighting system that can discharge 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in less than five seconds, covering an area one-quarter of a mile long by 100 feet wide. The 302nd AW is based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephany D. Richards)
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Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Barry Curtis pilots a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft June 27 to the Waldo Canyon Fire near Colorado Springs, Colo. MAFFS is a self-contained aerial firefighting system that can discharge 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in less than five seconds, covering an area one-quarter of a mile long by 100 feet wide. Curtis is a C-130 pilot assigned to the 302nd Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephany Richards)
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Air National Guard maintenance Airmen from the 146th Airlift Wing prepare a C-130J Super Hercules, equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, for aerial firefighting operations July 2 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Members of the 146th AW are activated along with the ANG's 153rd AW, as well as the Air Force Reserve's 302nd AW, to assist with firefighting efforts in the Rocky Mountain Area. The 146th AW is based at Channel Islands, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nicholas Carzis)
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A Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 assigned to the North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing arrives June 30 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The 145th AW joins the 153rd Air Expeditonary Group tasked with providing requested MAFFS assistance through out the Rocky Mountain area. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nichole Grady)
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A Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Sytem equipped-C-130 assigned to the Cailfornia Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing arrives June 30 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The 146th AW joins the 153rd Air Expeditonary Group tasked with providing requested MAFFS assistance through out the Rocky Mountain area. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nichole Grady)
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A Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 from the California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing arrives June 30 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., to support wildland fire fighting operations in the western United States. Four MAFFS units are scheduled to arrive June 30, joining four already operating from this southern Colorado air force base. The eight MAFFS units constitute the entire U.S. military's MAFFS fleet. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Thomas J. Doscher)
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Senior Airmen Dustin Johannsen and Barry Logan pull a retardant hose from a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 June 29 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The Airmen helped to prepare the aircraft to fly a retardant drop mission in support of Colorado wildland fire fighting efforts. MAFFS aircraft are capable of holding up to 3,000 gallons of retardant and can disperse it in as little as five seconds. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Thomas J. Doscher)
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Airman Raymond DeSoto marshals a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 June 29 on the Peterson Air Force Base taxiway in Colorado. MAFFS aircraft from both the 302nd and 153rd Airlift Wings have been supporting Colorado wildland fire fighting efforts since June 25. DeSoto is assigned to the 302nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, a subordinate organization to the 302nd AW. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Thomas J. Doscher)
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Senior Airmen Dustin Johannsen and Barry Logan pull a retardant hose from a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 preparing to fly a fire retardant drop mission in support of Colorado wildland fire fighting efforts June 29 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. MAFFS-equipped aircraft are capable of holding 3,000 gallons of retardant and can disperse it in as little as five seconds. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Thomas J. Doscher)
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Army Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, Jr,. receives an operational update from the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System leadership and their U.S. Forest Service counterparts June 28 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Jacoby is the commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the United States Northern Command headquartered at Peterson AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nichole Grady)
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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Army Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., NORAD and U.S. Northern Command commander, receives a tour of MAFFS operations from Air Force Lt. Col. Luke Thompson, 302nd Airlift Wing Chief of Airborne Fire Fighting, June 28 here. Four MAFFS units from the 302nd and 153rd Airlift Wings are currently supporting wildland fire fighting operations in Colorado. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Thomas J. Doscher)
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A smoke plume rises above Colorado Springsm Colo., from the Waldo Canyon Fire June 27. Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard C-130 air crews and ground personnel responded to the blaze using the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service. MAFFS operations at based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephany D. Richards)
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Lt. Col. Barry Curtis, a MAFFS-trained pilot with the 302 Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. flies a C-130 Hercules aircraft in support of the U.S. Forest Services fire suppression efforts in the Rocky Mountain area June 27, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Stephany D. Richards)
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A Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 Hercules assigned to the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing lays a line of fire retardant June 27 against the Waldo Canyon Fire near Colorado Springs, Colo. Four MAFFS-equipped aircraft, two from the 153rd AW and two from the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd AW, flew in support of the U.S. Forest Service to fight the Colorado wildfire. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephany D. Richards)
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Capt. Michael Damron, a C-130 Hercules navigator with the 30th Airlift Squadron based in Cheyenne, Wyo., prepares for an upcoming MAFFS mission June 27, 2012. Damron is an active duty Airman currently assigned to the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nichole Grady)
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Airman 1st Class Dom Gastelum, hydraulics systems technician, 52nd Airlift Squadron, loads Phos-Chek fire retardant into a MAFFS-equipped C-130 Hercules. The MAFFS unit can hold up to 3,000 gallons of retardant for aerial fire-fighting efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nichole Grady)
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