MAFFS team keeps on fighting

Staff Sgt. Sylvia Garcia and Paul Wivert, Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems mechanic with the 146th Aerial Port Squadron control the compressor to push air through a loading hose to force the fire retardant through and into the MAFFS on a C-130 aircraft supporting the 302nd MAFFS retardant reload operations at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station. The 302nd AEG, comprising aircraft from the Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Navy and Marine Corps, provides unique capabilities and is part of a unified military support effort of U.S. Northern Command to provide assistance to the U.S. Forest Service, CAL FIRE, and the National Interagency Fire Center. USNORTHCOM continues to closely monitor the California wildfires to anticipate additional requests for Department of Defense assistance to local, federal, and state civil authorities. Photo by Capt. Lisa Citino