Army soldiers line up to board a C-130 aircraft.

NEWS

  • Wing exposes civilian employers to AF Reserve, MAFFS missions

    Since the call up of the 302nd Airlift Wing's Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System mission on June 24, Air Force Reservists have answered the call to support the local Colorado Springs community and Rocky Mountain area in an effort to battle raging wildfires. As these members waved goodbye to their

  • Mini-golf open for business at Pete East

    If you're in the mood for a worry-free game of golf or would like to increase your odds of getting a hole-in-one, maybe Mini Golf is for you. Mini Golf, a new, nine-hole putt-putt golf course, is open for play in Peak View Park, located across from The Exchange.A ceremonial grand opening was held

  • MAFFS operations move west

    Military C-130s equipped with the U.S. Forest Service's Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems have moved staging operations from Cheyenne, Wyo. and Colorado Springs, Colo., to Boise, Idaho, and Salt Lake City.Four of the aircraft, from the 153rd and 302nd Airlift Wings are operating from Boise Air

  • Memorial service honors fallen North Carolina MAFFS Airmen

    About 1,500 people turned out in one of the Air National Guard hangars at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Wednesday morning, including Guardsmen, families of the four dead Airmen and friends. A five-person U.S. Forest Service honor guard, with members drawn from as far away as California,

  • Summer 2012 Front Range Flyer available online

    The Summer 2012 edition of the 302nd Airlift Wing's Front Range Flyer magazine is now available online here. The Flyer, published quarterly for the men and women of the Air Force Reserve airlift organization, can be viewed by the public as well. To see this edition and more, visit the Front Range

  • Aircraft maintainers keep MAFFS C-130s flying

    It's a waiting game. Under the hot, dry 90-plus degree weather in the afternoon of July 5, Tech. Sgt. Dave Stevens, 302nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, was sitting underneath a tent just off the side of the flightline staring at two C-130 Hercules aircraft. These C-130s are special; they

  • MAFFS operations resume

    C-130 Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) operations resumed July 3, out of Peterson Air Force Base, in Colorado Springs, Colo.The California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing joined the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing and the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift

  • Additional MAFFS aircraft arrive

    Additional Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130s arrived Peterson Air Force base today. The C-130s from the 146th Airlift Wing, Channel Islands, Calif. and the 145th Airlift Wing, Charlotte, N.C. will join the 302nd (Colo.) and 153rd (Wyo.) Airlift Wings in supporting the