A Peterson Air Force Base, Colo, C-130 Hercules dispenses fire retardant liquid during a Modular Airborne Firefighting System mission in Klamath Falls, Ore. in the August 2006. A MAFFS unit can discharge its load--3,000 gallons weighing 28,000 pounds--in a little over five seconds. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. James R. Wilson)